Nonplussing

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of nonplus form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Confusing, bewildering, baffling or perplexing. uncommon

    "We have to with a Heart ſearching God, who will find out every unworthy Communicant to his utter Shame and Confuſion ; when God examins ſuch, his Queſtions will be Nonpluſſing and Confounding,[…]"

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bewilderingconfusing

Antonyms

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clear

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"We have to with a Heart ſearching God, who will find out every unworthy Communicant to his utter Shame and Confuſion ; when God examins ſuch, his Queſtions will be Nonpluſſing and Confounding,[…]"

Etymology

By surface analysis, nonplus + -ing.

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