perplexableadj.

Brit.

/pəˈplɛksəbl/, U.S.

/pərˈplɛksəb(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perplexābilis.

Etymology: < classical Latin perplexābilis perplexing, ambiguous, obscure < perplexārī to cause perplexity ( < perplexus perplex adj.) + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare earlier perplexibility n.

1. Causing perplexity, perplexing. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Perplexable (perplexabilis), doubtful, ambiguous; hard to conceive and understand.

2. Able to be perplexed, readily perplexed. rare.

ΚΠ

1817 W. Wirt Let. 9 Aug. in J. P. Kennedy Mem. Life W. Wirt (1851) II. 23 These circumstances tend only to perplex and mislead the author. This may be true, too—but if the author is not a very perplexable character, it is not altogether true.

Derivatives

perplexaˈbility n. rare the ability to cause perplexity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun]

mingingOE

riddleOE

cumbermentc1300

willa1325

encumbrancec1330

were1338

perplexitya1393

discomfiturea1425

cumbrancec1460

confuse1483

proplexity1487

perplexion?c1500

amazedness?1520

amazement1553

subversion1558

amaze?1560

perplexednessa1586

confusedness1587

puzzle1599

confusion1600

mizmaze1604

discomfita1616

embarras1627

obfuscation1628

mystery1629

confoundedness1641

puzzledness1662

confuseness1710

puzzlement1731

puzzledom1748

embarrassment1751

puzzleation1767

bepuzzlement1806

conjecture1815

mystification1817

bewilderment1819

perplexment1826

fuddle1827

wilderment1830

discomforture1832

head-scratching1832

baffle1843

posement1850

muddlement1857

turbidity1868

fogging1878

bemuddlement1884

harl1889

befuddlement1905

turbidness1906

wuzziness1942

perplexability1999

1999 New Outlook in alt.drugs (Usenet newsgroup) 1 Apr. The perplexability of the impossible is probably improbable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perplexable
释义	perplexableadj. Brit. /pəˈplɛksəbl/, U.S. /pərˈplɛksəb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perplexābilis. Etymology: < classical Latin perplexābilis perplexing, ambiguous, obscure < perplexārī to cause perplexity ( < perplexus perplex adj.) + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare earlier perplexibility n. 1. Causing perplexity, perplexing. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Perplexable (perplexabilis), doubtful, ambiguous; hard to conceive and understand. 2. Able to be perplexed, readily perplexed. rare. ΚΠ 1817 W. Wirt Let. 9 Aug. in J. P. Kennedy Mem. Life W. Wirt (1851) II. 23 These circumstances tend only to perplex and mislead the author. This may be true, too—but if the author is not a very perplexable character, it is not altogether true. Derivatives perplexaˈbility n. rare the ability to cause perplexity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] mingingOE riddleOE cumbermentc1300 willa1325 encumbrancec1330 were1338 perplexitya1393 discomfiturea1425 cumbrancec1460 confuse1483 proplexity1487 perplexion?c1500 amazedness?1520 amazement1553 subversion1558 amaze?1560 perplexednessa1586 confusedness1587 puzzle1599 confusion1600 mizmaze1604 discomfita1616 embarras1627 obfuscation1628 mystery1629 confoundedness1641 puzzledness1662 confuseness1710 puzzlement1731 puzzledom1748 embarrassment1751 puzzleation1767 bepuzzlement1806 conjecture1815 mystification1817 bewilderment1819 perplexment1826 fuddle1827 wilderment1830 discomforture1832 head-scratching1832 baffle1843 posement1850 muddlement1857 turbidity1868 fogging1878 bemuddlement1884 harl1889 befuddlement1905 turbidness1906 wuzziness1942 perplexability1999 1999 New Outlook in alt.drugs (Usenet newsgroup) 1 Apr. The perplexability of the impossible is probably improbable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656
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