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puzzlesome

puzzlesome adjective: marked by puzzling, puzzlement, or perplexity; perplexing; bewildering.

Adjective

puzzlesome (comparative more puzzlesome, superlative most puzzlesome)

  1. Marked by puzzling, puzzlement, or perplexity; perplexing; bewildering
    • These puzzlesome problems have led some philosophers to the idealist conclusion, namely, the view that there are no objects apart from their percepts, hence percepts do not resemble anything other than perhaps each other.2012, Philip Bossert, Phenomenological Perspectives

Forms of puzzlesome

comparativemore puzzlesome
superlativemost puzzlesome

Origin of puzzlesome

From puzzle + -some.

Questions about puzzlesome

What does puzzlesome mean?
Puzzlesome means marked by puzzling, puzzlement, or perplexity; perplexing; bewildering.
What part of speech is puzzlesome?
Puzzlesome is an adjective.

Words near puzzlesome in the dictionary

  1. puzzlery
  2. puzzles
  3. puzzles out
  4. puzzles over
  5. puzzles through
  6. puzzlesome
  7. puzzlest
  8. puzzleth
  9. puzzlewit
  10. puzzlewits
  11. puzzley

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