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单词 perplexer
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perplexern.

Brit. /pəˈplɛksə/, U.S. /pərˈplɛksər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perplex v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < perplex v. + -er suffix1.
A person who or thing which perplexes someone or something (in various senses).
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [noun] > making complicated > one who
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Trigaut An intricator, intangler, perplexer of a businesse.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xlvi. 179 Bayliffs, Perplexers of Causes, Scriveners.
1756 I. Bickerstaff Leucothoe ii. iii. 29 In vain we pursue his untractable mind..Then scorn the perplexer, and look out to find Another as lovely——another more kind.
1786 A. Fuller Convent I. xl. 256 I have spoken with a person, who is here called a lawyer, in heaven, a perplexer of common sense.
1841 L. Hunt Seer (1864) II. 117 These elves of the pavéperplexers of lord-mayors, and irritators of the police.
1860 Ladies' Repository Aug. 502/2 The preacher is..not a perplexer, but solver of doubts.
1979 Internat. Jrnl. Middle East Stud. 10 523 O my perplexer, my mystifier, How can I cross to the other shore?
1994 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 19 Jan. e7 Even among her admirers Hedda was a true perplexer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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