puzzledomn.
/ˈpʌzldəm/, U.S. /ˈpəz(ə)ld(ə)m/ The realm of puzzle, or of puzzles; (also) the state of being puzzled; perplexity, bewilderment.
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
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. liii. 201 I was resolved to travel with him into the land of Puzzledom.
a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 577/2 Placing the reader in puzzledom.
1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne iii He could not make out in the depths of his puzzledom what had gone wrong.
1909 W. J. Locke Septimus 128 Septimus in a whirl of doubt and puzzledom, walked by her side.
1991 Boston Globe 1 Sept. (Mag.) 18/1 Purveyor of the most elaborate..jigsaw puzzles in all of contemporary puzzledom.
2006 Baltimore Sun (Nexis) 2 July 2 The gregarious ambassador of puzzledom..who almost single-handedly elevated puzzles to the entertainment mainstream.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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