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Added 10 October 2026

perplexity

/pəˈplɛksɪti/ noun

In Latin: perplexitās Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about perplexity at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The state or quality of being perplexed.
Something that perplexes.
A measure of the accuracy with which a probability distribution or model predicts a sample.

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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