Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)A state of bewilderment or perplexity.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. Tom is nonplussed.

    Том збитий з пантелику. — deniko

    deTom ist verblüfft. — Dokuyaku

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  2. Tom looks nonplussed.

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  3. Tom looked nonplussed.

    ruТом выглядел растерянным. — odexed

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  4. Tom seemed to be nonplussed.

    Том, здається, був у замішанні. — deniko

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  5. She was completely nonplussed by his unexpected behavior.

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Origin

The noun is derived from Latin nōn plūs (“no further, no more”), from nōn (“not”) + plūs (

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”)).

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Forms

plural: nonpluses / nonplusses

Word family

1 related words
Derivednonplussed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nonexistentnonfictionnonlinearnonprofitnonsenseB1

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