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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Perplexity

/pẽrp-lĕk'-sət-ē/ · Per·plex·i·ty · IPA /pəɹˈplɛksəti/
01 n. The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty;…
pl. Perplexities ((#))
  1. 1.
    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.