Definition of Nonplussing

1. Verb. (present participle of nonplus) ¹

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Definition of Nonplussing

1. nonplus [v] - See also: nonplus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonplussing

nonplays
nonpleasurable
nonpliable
nonpliant
nonplosive
nonplumber
nonplumbers
nonplural
nonplus
nonplused
nonpluses
nonplusing
nonplussed
nonplussedness
nonplusses
nonplussing (current term)
nonplutonium
nonpluvial
nonplywood
nonpneumatic
nonpneumococcal
nonpoaching
nonpoet
nonpoetic
nonpoetical
nonpoetry
nonpoets
nonpoint
nonpointer
nonpointers

Literary usage of Nonplussing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Through the Kalahari Desert: A Narrative of a Journey with Gun, Camera, and by William Hunt, G. Antonio Farini (1886)
"The witch-doctor's xe'anee—The oracle prophesies good luck—Turning the tables on the conjurer—nonplussing the nigger—On the borders of the K'gung Forest—A ..."

2. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, George Lyman Kittredge (1884)
"... all clearly of the same origin, in which a fool wins я princess by nonplussing her: 'The Three Questions,' Halliwell's Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales, ..."

3. The System of Animate Nature: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the by John Arthur Thomson (1920)
"... vital moment (as in the escape from the imprisoning egg-shell) ; and a slight change in the conditions is likely to result in extraordinary nonplussing. ..."

4. The Circular Study by Anna Katharine Green (1900)
"It is closely woven in with that of Poindexter, and presents one feature which may occasion you no surprise, but which I own, came near nonplussing me. ..."

5. The Brothers' War by John Calvin Reed (1906)
"While his powers of discussion of a subject were great, the power that especially characterized him was that of nonplussing his antagonist with a snub or a ..."

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