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perplexe

Pronunciation: /pɛʁ.plɛks/

“perplexe” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. puzzled, perplexed

In French

  1. Qui est dans une grande incertitude, dans une irrésolution pénible sur ce qu’il doit faire ou penser.
  2. Ce qui cause de la perplexité ou de l’irrésolution.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perplexus, composed by per- + plexus, past participle of the verb plectere.

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