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Webster 1913 Edition


Perplexity

Per-plex′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Perplexities
(#)
.
[L.
perplexitas
: cf. F.
perplexité
.]
The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.
By their own
perplexities
involved,
They ravel more.
Milton.