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.
[1913 Webster]
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
nonplussing
See nonplus
WordNet (r) 2.0
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