nonplus
Syllables: non·plus/nɒnˈplʌs/US/ˌnɑnˈplʌs/
nonplus noun: a state of bewilderment or perplexity.
Noun
nonplus (plural nonpluses or nonplusses)
- A state of bewilderment or perplexity.
- [A]ltering Vaudemont, to Vallemontanus, and metamorphoſing them, by ſuting them to the Græcian or Latin tongue, we know not what to make of them, and are often at a non-plus.1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of Names”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, pages 149–150
- Being now made much abler to make their queries, of the ſecrets of that myſtery, by how much their often failings, had put them to often ſtops and nonpluſſes in the work.1657, Richard Ligon, A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados. […], London: […] Humphrey Moseley, […], page 85
Verb
nonplus (third-person singular simple present nonplusses or nonpluses, present participle nonplussing or nonplusing, simple past and past participle nonplussed or nonplused)
- 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
nonplus meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
nonplus in Tamil
- திகைப்படையச் செய், குழப்பு, உழப்பு, திகைப்பு, குழப்பம்
nonplus in Urdu
- حیرانی, حیرت زدگی, تذبذب, بوکھلا دینا, بری طرح گڑبڑانا
nonplus in Bengali
- হতবুদ্ধি করা, কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় করা
nonplus in Malayalam
- confound, surprise, stun
- സംഭ്രമിപ്പിക്കുക, അമ്പരപ്പിക്കുക, ഇതികർത്തവ്യതാമൂഢതയിലാഴ്ത്തുക, ആശ്ചര്യപ്പെടുത്തുക, ഞെട്ടിപ്പിക്കുക, സ്തംബ്ധമാക്കുക
Forms of nonplus
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nonpluses |
| plural | nonplusses |
| alternative form | non-plus |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | nonplusses |
| third-person singular present | nonpluses |
| present participle | nonplussing |
| present participle | nonplusing |
| past participle | nonplussed |
| past | nonplussed |
| past participle | nonplused |
| past | nonplused |
Origin of nonplus
The noun is derived from Latin nōn plūs (“no further, no more”), from nōn (“not”) + plūs (“additionally, more; further”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). The verb is derived from the noun.
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Questions about nonplus
- What does nonplus mean?
- Nonplus means a state of bewilderment or perplexity.
- What is nonplus in Tamil?
- Nonplus in Tamil is திகைப்படையச் செய், குழப்பு, உழப்பு. See Nonplus meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is nonplus?
- Nonplus can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce nonplus?
- Nonplus is pronounced /nɒnˈplʌs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nonplus?
- The plural of nonplus is nonpluses.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nonplus (page history and authors); nonplus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nonplus (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nonplus (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nonplus (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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