perplexity
perp·le·xity
noun
1.
trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
Origin
From Middle English perplexite, borrowed from Middle French perplexité or post-classical Latin perplexitās, from perplexus (“entangled”). By surface analysis, perplex + -ity.
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