nonplusment

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

nonplus +‎ -ment

Noun[edit]

nonplusment (uncountable)

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