perplexmentn.
/pəˈplɛksm(ə)nt/, U.S. /pərˈplɛksm(ə)nt/ Perplexed condition, perplexity.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun]
mingingOE
riddleOE
cumbermentc1300
willa1325
encumbrancec1330
were1338
perplexitya1393
discomfiturea1425
cumbrancec1460
confuse1483
proplexity1487
perplexion?c1500
amazedness?1520
amazement1553
subversion1558
amaze?1560
perplexednessa1586
confusedness1587
puzzle1599
confusion1600
mizmaze1604
discomfita1616
embarras1627
obfuscation1628
mystery1629
confoundedness1641
puzzledness1662
confuseness1710
puzzlement1731
puzzledom1748
embarrassment1751
puzzleation1767
bepuzzlement1806
conjecture1815
mystification1817
bewilderment1819
perplexment1826
fuddle1827
wilderment1830
discomforture1832
head-scratching1832
baffle1843
posement1850
muddlement1857
turbidity1868
fogging1878
bemuddlement1884
harl1889
befuddlement1905
turbidness1906
wuzziness1942
perplexability1999
1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 20 336 The perplexment occasioned by such an extraordinary mass of materials.
1859 Southern Literary Messenger 29 61/1 (heading) Perplexment of Mr. Eggs.
1930 M. Coleman Eugene V. Debs 278 Once the wayfaring man had recovered..he sought release from intellectual perplexment in intransigeant conformity.
2002 Pensacola (Florida) News Jrnl. (Nexis) 18 Aug. 1 a After he was taken into custody he professed a bit of perplexment over being under arrest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1826- sound-lore
- sound-making
- sound-mark
- sound-minded
- sound-mix
- sound-mixing
- sound-on-film
- sound-organ
- sound-output
- sound-pattern
- sound-picture
- sound-post
- sound-producing
- sound-production
- sound-proof
- sound-proofed
- sound-proofing
- sound-quality
- sound-ranger
- sound-ranging
- sound-reading
- sound-recording
- sound-reflecting
- sound-reproducing
- sound-sender