Nonplus \Non"plus\, n. [L. non not + plus more, further. See
Plural.]
A state or condition which baffles reason or confounds
judgment; insuperable difficulty; inability to proceed or
decide; puzzle; quandary.
[1913 Webster]
Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all
human understanding. --South.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nonplus \Non"plus`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nonplusedor
Nonplussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nonplusing or Nonplussing.]
To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by
embarrassment.
[1913 Webster]
He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell
what it was that he endeavored to prove. --Spectator.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nonplus
v : be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I
don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This
question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick,
get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
flummox, stupefy, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
[also: nonplussing, nonplusses, nonplussed]
WordNet (r) 2.0
150 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonplus":
Gordian knot, abecedarian, addle, amaze, answer,
answer conclusively, argue down, astonish, astound, baffle,
bafflement, balk, bamboozle, beat, bewilderment, blast, boggle,
bother, brave, bring up short, buffalo, challenge, check,
checkmate, circumvent, confound, confoundment, confront, confuse,
confusion, confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter,
counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, crush, crux, dabbler,
dash, daze, defeat, defy, demolish, deny, destroy, dilemma,
dilettante, discomfit, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness,
disconcertion, disconcertment, discountenance, dish, dismay,
dismiss, dispose of, disrupt, disturbance, dumbfound, elude,
embarrassment, enigma, faze, finish, fix, floor, flummox, flurry,
fluster, foil, frustrate, fuddle, get, jam, keep in suspense,
knock the chocks, knot, knotty point, lick, maze, muddle, mystery,
mystify, node, nodus, nonprofessional, overcome, overthrow,
overturn, overwhelm, oxymoron, paradox, paralyze, parry, perplex,
perplexity, perturbation, pickle, plight, pons asinorum, poser,
pother, predicament, problem, put to silence, puzzle, puzzlement,
quandary, rattle, rebut, reduce to silence, refute, riddle, ruin,
sabotage, scotch, scrape, settle, shock, shut up, silence,
smash all opposition, smatterer, spike, spoil, squash, squelch,
stew, stick, stonewall, stop, stump, stun, stymie, subvert,
take aback, teaser, throw, thwart, tyro, unassuredness, undermine,
upset, vexed question
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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