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nonplusment en · NOUN

Etymology

From nonplus + -ment.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The condition of being nonplussed; nonplussedness.
    • Perhaps unsurprisingly — apologies to the good people of 1956 Miami — the reception amid the swizzle sticks and shuffleboards was general nonplusment. 2009 April 26, Charles Isherwood, “A Long Wait for Another Shot at Broadway”, in New York Times: