perplex
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
perplex
- /pɚˈplɛks/ US
- /pəˈplɛks/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛks
Where it comes from
From Old French, from Latin perplexus (“entangled, confused”), from per (“through”) + plexus, perfect passive participle of plectō (“plait, weave, braid”).
verb perplexes · perplexing · perplexed
- To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
- To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated. What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.
- To plague; to vex; to torment. Chloe's the wonder of her sex, 'Tis well her heart is tender, How might such killing eyes perplex, With virtue to defend her.
adjective more perplex · most perplex
- intricate; difficult How the soul directs the spirits for the motion of the body, according to the several animal exigents, is as perplex in the Theory, as either of the former.
noun perplexes
- A difficulty.
