nonplused

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nonplused - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nonplus \Non"plus`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nonplusedor
     Nonplussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nonplusing or Nonplussing.]
     To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by
     embarrassment.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell
           what it was that he endeavored to prove. --Spectator.
     [1913 Webster]

nonplused - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nonplused
      adj 1: filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those
             remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying goodbye"
             [syn: at a loss(p), nonplused, nonplussed,
             puzzled]