perplexed

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment

   perplexed language

2. 2
   adj

   Confused or puzzled.

   The scientists were perplexed by the new discovery.

3. 3
   adj

   Entangled; labyrinthine.

   "[…] But come, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let us seek its inmost recesses. […]" "Though all your actions are noble, […] is it fitting that I should accompany you alone into these perplexed retreats? Should we be found together, what would a censorious world think of my conduct?"

The past participle of perplex, from Latin perplexus, 'entangled, involved, intricate,' formed from per- ('thoroughly') + plectere ('to braid or entwine').

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