nonplus
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Nonplus, quandary, strait, pass, pinch, pretty pass, stress, brunt; critical situation, crisis; trial, rub, emergency, exigency, scramble.
From Journalism for Women A Practical Guide by Bennett, Arnold
But," says he, "I never was so put to the Nonplus in all my Days, as that General once put me in.
From Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton by Defoe, Daniel
Nonplus, non′plus, n. a state in which no more can be done or said: great difficulty.—v.t. to perplex completely, to puzzle:—pr.p. non′plussing; pa.t. and pa.p. non′plussed.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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