PERPLEXITY Meaning of PERPLEXITY in English n. (pl. -ies) 1. bewilderment; the state of being perplexed. 2 a thing which perplexes. 3 archaic an entangled state. Etymology: ME f. OF perplexit{eacute} or LL perplexitas (as PERPLEX) Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012