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perplexed

adj
/pɚˈplɛkst/US/pəˈplɛkst/UK

Definitions

  1. Confused or puzzled.

    • The scientists were perplexed by the new discovery.
    • She was perplexed. 'Plege'illegience is plege'illegience!'"

  2. Bewildered.

  3. Entangled

    Entangled; labyrinthine.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. simple past and past participle of perplex

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at perplexed. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at perplexed. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at perplexed

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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