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nonplussation

nonplussation is the alternative spelling of nonplusation.

Meaning of nonplusation

Noun

nonplusation (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) The quality of being nonplussed.
    • When the voiture stopped in the village, there seemed to be a nonplusation, to coin a word for the nonce, between my friend and his sisters.1834, Michael Scott, Tom Cringle's Log, volume 1, page 33

Origin of nonplussation

From nonplus + -ation.

Questions about nonplussation

What is nonplussation the alternative spelling of?
Nonplussation is the alternative spelling of nonplusation.

Words near nonplussation in the dictionary

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

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