perplex

Meanings

Verb

  • To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
  • To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
  • To plague; to vex; to torment.

Adjective

Noun

Origin

  • From Old French, from Latin perplexus, from per + plexus, perfect passive participle of plectō.

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