nonplus

[Lat. non not, and plus =more.] A state of perplexity in which one is unable to decide on further steps; inability to say or do more; a puzzle, a quandary. (Now only used in the phrase at a nonplus.) "The nonplus of my reason will yield a fairer opportunity to my faith."- South: Sermons, vol. i., ser. 2. non-plus, v . t . [NONPLUS, s.] To make at a nonplus; to puzzle, to perplex, to confound, to bewilder; to stop by embarra ment. "Nonplust and confounded."- Cudworth : Intell . System , p. 636. non-sense, s . [Pref. non-, and Eng. sense.] 1. No sense; that which conveys no sense or ideas; unmeaning or nonsensical language or words. "This nonsense got into all the following editions by a mistake of the stage editors." -Pope: On Shakespeare. 2. An absurdity; an absurd idea or proposition: as, It is nonsense to think of taking such a step. *3. Things of no importance; trifles. "What's the world to him, Thomson. 'Tis nonsense all." nonsense-verses, s. pl. Verses formed by taking any words which will suit the rhythm without reference to forming any connected sense or idea.