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Definition of Nonplusses
1. nonplus [v] - See also: nonplus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonplusses
Literary usage of Nonplusses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Historical and Critical Dictionary by Pierre Bayle (1826)
"It is plain that St Basil disputes ill; but, as this is a thing that nonplusses
all philosophy, he should have retired into his strong hold, that is, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1899)
"NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. for the first time visits a tropical country,
the very wealth of the material completely nonplusses him for a time. ..."
3. The Baptist Missionary Magazine by Executive Committee, Baptist General Convention, American Baptist Missionary Union, Board of Managers (1836)
"It nonplusses all the regimental surgeons, to account for it, but though for many
years it has been continually tried, it cannot be mude to succeed. ..."
4. The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq.: With Memoirs of His Life and by Edward Gibbon, John Baker Holroyd Sheffield (1837)
"I own that nonplusses me a little. However, hearken to my history. After revolving
a variety of plans, and suiting them as well as possible to time and ..."
5. The Meaning of Evolution by Samuel Christian Schmucker (1913)
"To find the great groups all well developed at least twenty-five million years
ago and to find only fossils built on the same lines since almost nonplusses ..."
6. Cycling by William Coutts Keppel Albemarle, George Lacy Hillier (1887)
"is a question which very often nonplusses the beginner. The gearing of a tricycle
is dependent upon the relative size of the pulley wheels over which the ..."
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