perplexment

English

Etymology

From perplex +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈplɛksmənt/

Noun

perplexment (uncountable)

1. The state of being perplexed; perplexity. [from 19th c.]
   • 1974, Karl Edward Wagner, Sticks:

     Colin Leverett studied it in perplexment – half a dozen odd lengths of branch, wired together at cross angles for no fathomable purpose.