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puzzlesome

adj

Etymology

From puzzle + -some.

  1. inherited from puslian — “to pick out the best bits, carefully select, cull”
  2. suffixed as puzzlesome — “puzzle + some”

Definitions

  1. Marked by puzzling, puzzlement, or perplexity

    Marked by puzzling, puzzlement, or perplexity; perplexing; bewildering

    • These puzzlesome problems have led some philosophers to the idealist conclusion, namely, the view that there are no objects apart from their percepts, hence percepts do not resemble anything other than perhaps each other.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA