Perplexment

//pəˈplɛksmənt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being perplexed; perplexity. uncountable

    "Colin Leverett studied it in perplexment – half a dozen odd lengths of branch, wired together at cross angles for no fathomable purpose."

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"Colin Leverett studied it in perplexment – half a dozen odd lengths of branch, wired together at cross angles for no fathomable purpose."

Etymology

From perplex + -ment.

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