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Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious. -- Per*plex"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*plex"ed*ness, n.

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.

See Monkey's puzzle. [Written also pignon.]

See Monkey's puzzle. [Written also pignon.]

crutiny; to bring to a stand. A question wherewith a learned Pharisee thought to pose and puzzle him. Barrow.

One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact. Bacon.

So as to pose or puzzle.

To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions. He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room. Thackeray.

ncient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt. Many of the Sophists doubdtless card not for truth or morality, and merely professed to teach how to make the w…

To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. [Colloq.]

That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses. [Colloq.] Tackeray.

to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot. "We do not tie this knot with an intention to puzzle the argument." Bp. Burnet.

Something intricately contrived; a contrived; a puzzle. [Cant & Obs.] Arbuthnot.

A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.