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Definition of Puzzlements
1. puzzlement [n] - See also: puzzlement
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puzzlements
Literary usage of Puzzlements
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"He laughs with a glitter in his eyes about the puzzlements of the fussy, distant,
unmoved officials. What it must have cost them in telegrams! ..."
2. The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly (1894)
"There was majesty in his mere unconsciousness of our little conferences and
puzzlements over his maintenance and his reward. ..."
3. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury (1896)
"... poets of the second class like Gray and Manzoni, and finally admits him for
his dealings with " life," introduces fresh puzzlements into the valuation. ..."
4. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1900) by George Saintsbury (1906)
"... poets of the second class like Gray and Manzoni, and finally admits him for
his dealings with " life," introduces fresh puzzlements into the valuation. ..."
5. Words, Words, Words: Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 4-12 by Janet Allen (1999)
"Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House. Kohl, Herbert. 1981. The Book of puzzlements: Play
and Invention with Language. New York: Random House. Konigsburg, Elizabeth. ..."
6. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1874)
"... POSITION—I OVERHEAR 1 BECOME THE MASTER OF A SECRET MY DIARY—A DREAM AWAKENING
AN ENTRY THE WEDDING puzzlements— I AM INFORMED OF MY FATHER'S ILL-HEALTH ..."
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