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non-plus

non-plus is the alternative spelling of nonplus.

Meaning of nonplus

Verb

nonplus (third-person singular simple present nonplusses or nonpluses, present participle nonplussing or nonplusing, simple past and past participle nonplussed or nonplused)

  1. (transitive) 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 October 5, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter II, in Right Ho, Jeeves, London: Herbert Jenkins […], →OCLC, page 24

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Forms of non-plus

Verb
third-person singular presentnon-plusses
present participlenon-plussing
past participlenon-plussed
pastnon-plussed
Noun
pluralnon-pluses
pluralnon-plusses

Questions about non-plus

What is non-plus the alternative spelling of?
Non-plus is the alternative spelling of nonplus.

Words near non-plus in the dictionary

  1. non-platform
  2. non-player character
  3. non-player characters
  4. non-playing
  5. non-pleochroic
  6. non-plus
  7. non-plused
  8. non-pluses
  9. non-plusing
  10. non-plussed
  11. non-plussedness

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