nonplusation

Etymology

From nonplus + -ation.

nonplusation means the quality of being nonplussed. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

The quality of being nonplussed.“When the voiture stopped in the village, there seemed to be a nonplusation, to coin a word for the nonce, between my friend and his sisters.”