nonplus

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   be a mystery or bewildering to

   The unexpected question seemed to nonplus the witness.

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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