puzzle

Betekenis

Noun

1. Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
2. A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
3. A crossword puzzle.
4. A jigsaw puzzle.
5. A riddle.
6. Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
7. The state of being puzzled; perplexity.

Verb

1. To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation.
2. To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.
3. To make intricate; to entangle.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈpʌzəl/

Etymologie

Origin uncertain; originally pusle. Possibly from pose (“to perplex, puzzle, interrogate”) + -le (frequentative suffix). The verb (1590s) “to perplex” seems to predate the noun “state of being perplexed” (circa 1600), “perplexing question” (1650s), “toy” (1814).