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non-plussing

non-plussing is the present participle and gerund of non-plus.

non-plussing is the rare form of nonplussing.

Meaning of nonplussing

Adjective

nonplussing (comparative more nonplussing, superlative most nonplussing)

  1. (uncommon) Confusing, bewildering, baffling or perplexing.
    • We have to with a Heart ſearching God, who will find out every unworthy Communicant to his utter Shame and Confuſion ; when God examins ſuch, his Queſtions will be Nonpluſſing and Confounding,[…]1716, John Willison, “A Help For The Right Improvement of Communion Sabbaths”, in A Treatise Concerning the Sanctifying of the Lord's Day. And Particularly, The Right Improvement of a...

Forms of non-plussing

comparativemore non-plussing
superlativemost non-plussing

Questions about non-plussing

What is non-plussing the present participle and gerund of?
Non-plussing is the present participle and gerund of non-plus.

Words near non-plussing in the dictionary

  1. non-pluses
  2. non-plusing
  3. non-plussed
  4. non-plussedness
  5. non-plusses
  6. non-plussing
  7. non-pneumatic
  8. non-poisonous
  9. non-polar
  10. non-poliovirus
  11. non-polioviruses

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