perplexment

noun

perplexment

noun

UK /pəˈplɛksmənt/

Etymology From perplex + -ment.

1

The state of being perplexed; perplexity.

Colin Leverett studied it in perplexment – half a dozen odd lengths of branch, wired together at cross angles for no fathomable purpose.1974, Karl Edward Wagner, Sticks:

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