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English Dictionary: nonplussed by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nonplussed
adj
  1. filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying goodbye"
    Synonym(s): at a loss(p), nonplused, nonplussed, puzzled
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.
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