[per-plekst] 
| 1. | bewildered; puzzled: a perplexed state of mind. |
| 2. | complicated; involved; entangled. |
[per-pleks] | 1. | to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me. |
| 2. | to make complicated or confused, as a matter or question. |
| 3. | to hamper with complications, confusion, or uncertainty. |
| per·plex (pər-plěks') tr.v. per·plexed, per·plex·ing, per·plex·es
[Back-formation from Middle English perplexed, puzzled; see perplexed.] per·plex'ing·ly adv. |
| per·plexed (pər-plěkst') adj.
[Middle English, from perplex, confused, from Old French perplexe, from Latin perplexus : per-, per- + plexus, past participle of plectere, to entwine; see plek- in Indo-European roots.] per·plex'ed·ly (-plěk'sĭd-lē) adv. |
