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nonplusing

nonplusing is the present participle and gerund of nonplus.

Meaning of nonplus

Verb

nonplus (third-person singular simple present nonplusses or nonpluses, present participle nonplussing or nonplusing, simple past and past participle nonplussed or nonplused)

  1. (transitive) To bewilder or perplex (someone); to confound, to flummox.
    • You couldn’t have told it from my manner, but I was feeling more than a bit nonplussed. The spectacle before me was enough to nonplus anyone.1934 October 5, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter II, in Right Ho, Jeeves, London: Herbert Jenkins […], →OCLC, page 24

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Questions about nonplusing

What is nonplusing the present participle and gerund of?
Nonplusing is the present participle and gerund of nonplus.

Words near nonplusing in the dictionary

  1. nonplusation
  2. nonplused
  3. nonpluses
  4. nonplush
  5. nonplushed
  6. nonplusing
  7. nonplusment
  8. nonplussation
  9. nonplussed
  10. nonplussedness
  11. nonplusser

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