Meanings
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verb
be a mystery or bewildering to
The unexpected question seemed to nonplus the witness.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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verb
· be a mystery or bewildering to
beat
Word family
Forms
nonplussing
Derived forms
nonplussed
Etymology
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.