3 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. [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: 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}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: nonplussing See {nonplus}
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