perplexity
pronunciation
How to pronounce perplexity in British English:
UK [pəˈpleksəti]
How to pronounce perplexity in American English:
US [pərˈpleksəti]
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- Noun:
- trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
Word Origin
- perplexity (n.)
- c. 1300, "bewilderment," from Old French perplexite "confusion, perplexity," from Late Latin perplexitatem (nominative perplexitas), from Latin perplexus "confused, involved, interwoven," from per- "completely" + plexus "entangled," past participle of plectere "to twine" (see complex (adj.)). From 1590s as "something that causes perplexity."
Example
- 1. He began counting them and then , with growing perplexity , counted them a second time .
- 2. Chapter three , the explication perplexity in modern times .
- 3. She stared at the instruction booklet in perplexity , trying to work out how to programme the video recorder .
- 4. These weaknesses prevent people to overcome the perplexity . Third , Writer seeks continually in the sense of loss .
- 5. From the cultural origin of sports forming , the author analyzes the cultural element leading to modern sports perplexity .