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Nonplus  v. t.  (past & past part. nonplused or nonplussed; pres. part. nonplusing or nonplussing)  To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment. "He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell what it was that he endeavored to prove."






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"Nonplus" Quotes from Famous Books



... thou dost nonplus my understanding of myself absurdly. I agree I have more minds than one, and 'tis disconcerting to try in haste to ascertain which is the best. Indeed, I do not wish to make a false step and do that 'twould make me ...
— Mistress Penwick • Dutton Payne

... a terrible nonplus, for he had no liking for Miss Isabella. To his mind, little Judy McQuirk, daughter to a sister's son of mine, was worth twenty of her. But her father had locked her in her room and forbidden her to think of him, which raised his spirit; ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV. • Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton

... and put to a nonplus, David built a nest in a tree in Richmond Park, and he paused therein to consider which way to proceed. One day he was disturbed by the singing and preaching of a Welsh soldier who had taken shelter from rain under the ...
— My Neighbors - Stories of the Welsh People • Caradoc Evans

... never at a nonplus, and never surprised by a question; the more transcendental the problem, the more need for the prophetic gift to solve it. In fact, the prophet comes in to help when all human cunning is ...
— The Coming of the Friars • Augustus Jessopp

... I guess. Anyhow—I—" The speaker noted that there was but one new arrival, where he had expected two, and the discovery appeared to nonplus him momentarily. He stammered, ...
— Flowing Gold • Rex Beach

... y^e abilitie and nimblnes of y^e adversarie, that y^e truth would suffer if he did not help them. So as he condescended, & prepared him selfe against the time; and when y^e day came, the Lord did so help him to defend y^e truth & foyle this adversarie, as he put him to an apparent nonplus, in this great & publike audience. And y^e like he did a 2. or 3. time, upon such like occasions. The which as it caused many to praise God y^t the trueth had so famous victory, so it procured him much honour & respecte from those lerned men & others ...
— Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' • William Bradford



Words linked to "Nonplus" :   throw, fuddle, stick, discombobulate, confuse, dumbfound, mix up, befuddle, fox, puzzle, vex, elude, bewilder, gravel, stump, get, beat, bedevil, perplex, stupefy, flummox, riddle, confound, amaze, pose, mystify



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