noun
Meaning 1
A state of bewilderment or perplexity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A state of bewilderment or perplexity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To bewilder or perplex (someone); to confound, to flummox.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
be a mystery or bewildering to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Narrower terms: stump, mix up, riddle, elude, escape
History
The noun is derived from Latin nōn plūs (“no further, no more”), from nōn (“not”) + plūs (“additionally, more; further”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- (“to fill”)). The verb is derived from the noun.
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.