puzzle
Meaning
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- Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
- A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
- A crossword puzzle.
- A jigsaw puzzle.
- A riddle.
- Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
- The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpʌzəl/
Etymology
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).
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