Sekirov Dictionary

nonplus

UK /nɒnˈplʌs/US /ˌnɑnˈplʌs/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 6

noun1

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(no longer used) A state of bewilderment or perplexity.
- [A]ltering Vaudemont, to Vallemontanus, and metamorphosing them, by suting them to the Graecian or Latin tongue, we know not what to make of them, and are often at a non-plus. — 1603

verb1

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To bewilder or perplex (someone); to confound, to flummox.
- You couldn’t have told it from my manner, but I was feeling more than a bit nonplussed. The spectacle before me was enough to nonplus anyone. — 1934

forms

nonplused · nonplussed · nonplusing · nonplussing · nonpluses · nonplusses

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