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Definition of Perplexities
1. perplexity [n] - See also: perplexity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perplexities
Literary usage of Perplexities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"Full grown people "BROUGHT THEIR perplexities TO brought their perplexities to
Tom TOM." for solution, and were often astonished at the wit and wisdom of ..."
2. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"CONTINUED perplexities. THERE was no use in arguing with a person like this.
I promptly put such a strain on my memory that by and by even the ..."
3. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1879)
"SOME perplexities OF THOUGHT. Ix treating of perplexities of thought, one is at
no loss for subjects of contemplation, so many difficult problems at once ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"... she was suddenly involved in the perplexities of a ministerial crisis.
The French alliance which Palmerston had initiated proved a boomerang and ..."
5. Wilson's Photographics: A Series of Lessons, Accompanied by Notes, on All by Edward Livingston Wilson (1881)
"One of the first perplexities which the printer novice meets, is the discoloration
of his nitrate bath. One of the greatest causes of this annoyance is ..."
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