perplexity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun trouble or confusion resulting from complexity

WordNet

Per*plex"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. perplexitas: cf. F. perplexité.
Wordforms
plural Perplexities
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.
    By their own perplexities involved, They ravel more. Milton.

Webster 1913