Definition of Nonplus

(v. t.)
To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.
  

(n.)
A state or condition which daffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary.
  

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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.
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.
nonplus
v : be a mystery or bewildering to: "this beats me!" "got me--i don't know the answer!" [syn: perplex, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]

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Verb
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"
(synonym) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
(hypernym) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
(hyponym) stump, mix up

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