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Latin
Etymology
From per- + plectere.
Pronunciation
Adjective
perplexus (feminine perplexa, neuter perplexum); first/second-declension adjective
- entangled, involved, intricate, confused
- (figuratively) unintelligible, complicated, intricate, inscrutable, ambiguous; dark, obscure
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “perplexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perplexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perplexus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.