Category:Nonplus

Non"plus, n. Etym: [l. non not + plus more, further. See plural.]

Defn: 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.

Nonplus Non"plus`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nonplused or nonplussed; p. pr. & vb. N. Nonplusing or nonplussing.]

Defn: 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.