perplexity
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being perplexed.
- (countable, uncountable) Something that perplexes.
- (countable, uncountable) A measure of how well a probability distribution or model predicts a sample.
Synonyms
hugger mugger
puzzle- | ment
Translations
perplexité
perplessità
perplejidad
perplexidade
penarie
Ratlosigkeit
περιπλοκή benardheid σύγχυση
şaşkınlıkPronounced as (IPA)
/pəˈplɛksɪti/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English perplexite, borrowed from Middle French perplexité or post-classical Latin perplexitās, from perplexus (“entangled”). By surface analysis, perplex + -ity.
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