Nonplused

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nonplus \Non"plus`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nonplused}or
     {Nonplussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nonplusing} or {Nonplussing}.]
     To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by
     embarrassment.
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           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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nonplused
       adj : filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those
             remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying
             goodbye" [syn: {at a loss(p)}, {nonplussed}, {puzzled}]