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Definition of Nonplused
1. Adjective. Filled with bewilderment. "Puzzled that she left without saying goodbye"
Definition of Nonplused
1. Verb. (past of nonplus) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonplused
1. nonplus [v] - See also: nonplus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonplused
Literary usage of Nonplused
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America by Fredrika Bremer (1853)
"... seemed to be completely nonplused by this question, and his new teacher began
to describe the experiment to him circumstantially, in a way which ..."
2. The Dialogues of Plato by Plato (1902)
"The two Sophists complain that Sócrates is ready to wtr what they said a year
ago, but is " nonplused " at what they saying now. ..."
3. Rhetoric of Conversation: Or, Bridles & Spurs for the Management of the Tongue by George Winfred Hervey (1854)
"If he hesitates or seems confused, the party may think he is nonplused by the
arguments of his adversary, when he is only nonplused by some delicious morsel ..."
4. Fourth Reader: For Common Schools and Academies by Henry Mandeville (1856)
"exclaimed the now evidently nonplused and doubtful Bunker, taking a few rapid
turns about the room, and occasionally stopping at the table to scrutinize ..."
5. Oratory and Orators by William Mathews (1878)
"Few speakers are as ready, when momentarily nonplused, as Curran was when he was
... Even he, however, was nonplused once. He had vividly depicted an ..."
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