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nonplused |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. He has been nonplused by Mr Dry's desiring him to tell what it was that he endeavored to prove. --Spectator. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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