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per·plex·i·ty

   [per-plek-si-tee]
noun, plural -ties.
1.
the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty.
2.
something that perplexes: a case plagued with perplexities.
3.
a tangled, involved, or confused condition or situation.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English perplexite < Old French < Late Latin perplexitās, equivalent to Latin perplex(us) (see perplexed) + -itās -ity
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Perplexities is always a great word to know.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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perplexity
c.1300, from L.L. perplexitas, from L. perplexus "confused, involved," from per- "completely" + plexus "entangled," pp. of plectere "to twine."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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