Nonplussed
[,nɑn'plʌst]
Definition
(-) of Nonplus
Typed by Ada
Examples
- Never before had I seen such a thing upon Mars, and for the moment I was nonplussed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- That's a pity, now, Josh, said Raffles, affecting to scratch his head and wrinkle his brows upward as if he were nonplussed. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Birkin approached, smiling wickedly at seeing Ursula so nonplussed and frightened. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I could not discern what she meant, and I would not ask her: I was nonplussed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This answer nonplussed Helena, and for once she was fain to hold her peace. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Typed by Ada