Nonplusation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being nonplussed. uncommon, uncountable

    "When the voiture stopped in the village, there seemed to be a nonplusation, to coin a word for the nonce, between my friend and his sisters."

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"When the voiture stopped in the village, there seemed to be a nonplusation, to coin a word for the nonce, between my friend and his sisters."

Etymology

From nonplus + -ation.

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