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nonplusses

nonplusses is the plural of nonplus.

nonplusses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nonplus.

Meaning of nonplus

Noun

nonplus (plural nonpluses or nonplusses)

  1. (obsolete) 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

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Questions about nonplusses

What is nonplusses the plural of?
Nonplusses is the plural of nonplus.

Words near nonplusses in the dictionary

  1. nonplussation
  2. nonplussed
  3. nonplussedness
  4. nonplusser
  5. nonplussers
  6. nonplusses
  7. nonplussing
  8. nonplussingly
  9. nonplutocratic
  10. nonplutonic
  11. nonplutonium

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