Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perplexiveness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-plex-ive-ness
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being perplexing; perplexingness

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"if the Perplexiveness of Imagination may hinder assent, we must not believe Mathematicall demonstration"

Etymology

From perplexive + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: perplexive

Usage

Questions

What does perplexiveness mean?: The quality of being perplexing; perplexingness
Where does perplexiveness come from?: From perplexive + -ness.

How to pronounce perplexiveness

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