ny's words of the day : perplex and lindy
lindy noun, plural -dies, verb, -died, -dy·ing. –noun 1. | Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance. |
–verb (used without object) Also, Lindy.
[Origin:
1930–35; prob. from nickname of Charles A.
Lindbergh
]
perplex–verb (used with object) 1. | to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me. |
2. | to make complicated or confused, as a matter or question. |
3. | to hamper with complications, confusion, or uncertainty.
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