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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NON'PLUS, n. [L. not, and plus, more, further.] Puzzle; insuperable difficulty; a state in which one is unable to proceed or decide.
NON'PLUS, v.t. To puzzle; to confound; to put to a stand; to stop by embarrassment.
Your situation has nonplussed me.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: 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, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Latin non plus no more Date: 1582 a state of bafflement or perplexity ; quandary II. transitive verb (-plussed; also nonplused; -plussing; also nonplusing) Date: 1591 to cause to be at a loss as to what to say, think, or do ; perplex Synonyms: see puzzle

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. (nonplussed, nonplussing) completely perplex. --n. a state of perplexity, a standstill (at a nonplus; reduce to a nonplus). Etymology: L non plus not more

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nonplus Non"plus, n. [L. non not + plus more, further. See Plural.] A state or condition which daffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary. Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all human understanding. --South.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell what it was that he endeavored to prove. --Spectator.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Puzzle, perplexity, poser, quandary. II. v. a. Puzzle, confound, confuse, disconcert, perplex, pose, put to a stand.

Moby Thesaurus

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