ˈpəzəlmənt noun
( -s )
1. : the state of being puzzled : bewilderment , perplexity
frowns of deep puzzlement — J.D.Williams
expressing his interest in and frank puzzlement at the ways of the world — C.L.Sulzberger
2. : something that puzzles : puzzle
the affair … will long be a puzzlement — New Yorker