nonplus : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: nonplus	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for nonplus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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.