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perplext

perplext is the obsolete spelling of perplexed.

Meaning of perplexed

Adjective

perplexed (comparative more perplexed, superlative most perplexed)

  1. Confused or puzzled.
    • The scientists were perplexed by the new discovery.
  2. Bewildered.
  3. (obsolete) Entangled; labyrinthine.
    • "[…] But come, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let us seek its inmost recesses. […]" "Though all your actions are noble, […] is it fitting that I should accompany you alone into these perplexed retreats? Should we be found together, what would a censorious world think of my conduct?"1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

Forms of perplext

comparativemore perplext
superlativemost perplext

Words formed from perplext

Questions about perplext

What is perplext the obsolete spelling of?
Perplext is the obsolete spelling of perplexed.

Words near perplext in the dictionary

  1. perplexities
  2. perplexity
  3. perplexiveness
  4. perplexly
  5. perplexment
  6. perplext
  7. perplural
  8. perpotassic
  9. perpotation
  10. perprotonated
  11. perps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perplext (page history and authors); perplexed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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