Definition/Meaning of puzzle

• English - Noun: puzzle ( plural puzzles ) Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of . Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle . A game for one person that is more or less difficult to work out or complete . A crossword puzzle . A jigsaw puzzle . A riddle . ( archaic ) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction . The state of being puzzled; perplexity . to…
• English - Verb: puzzle ( third-person singular simple present puzzles , present participle puzzling , simple past and past participle puzzled ) ( transitive ) To perplex (someone). Henry More (1614-1687) A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others , if they be not thoroughpaced speculators in those great theories . Joseph Addison (1672-1719) He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed…
• English - Etymology: Origin uncertain , originally pusle . Possibly from pose ( “ to perplex , puzzle , interrogate ” ) +‎ -le (frequentive suffix). The verb (1590s) “to perplex” seems to predate the noun “state of being perplexed” (circa 1600), “perplexing question” (1650s), “toy” (1814).
• English - Pronunciation: enPR: pŭzʹəl , IPA (key) : /ˈpʌzəl/ Rhymes: -ʌzəl
• English - Related terms: puzzlement