perplexity
Meanings
noun
- The state or quality of being perplexed.
- Something that perplexes.
- A measure of how well a probability distribution or model predicts a sample.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
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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