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non⋅plus

[non-pluhs, non-pluhs]

verb, -plussed or -plused, -plus⋅sing or -plus⋅ing, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.

–noun

2.	a state of utter perplexity.

Origin:
1575–85; (n.) < L nōn plūs lit., not more, no further, i.e., a state in which nothing more can be done

Synonyms:
1. perplex, confuse, confound, disconcert.

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non·plus (nŏn-plŭs')

tr.v. non·plussed also non·plused, non·plus·sing also non·plus·ing, non·plus·ses also non·plus·es
To put at a loss as to what to think, say, or do; bewilder.
n. A state of perplexity, confusion, or bewilderment.

[From Latin nōn plūs, no more : nōn, not; see non- + plūs, more; see pelə-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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Nonplus

Non"plus\, n. [L. non not + plus more, further. See Plural.] A state or condition which daffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary.

Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all human understanding. --South.

Nonplus

Non"plus`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nonplusedor Nonplussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nonplusing or Nonplussing.] To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.

He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell what it was that he endeavored to prove. --Spectator.

nonplus

1582 (n.), properly "state where 'nothing more' can be done or said," from L. non plus "no more, no further." The verb meaning "to bring to a nonplus, to perplex" is attested from 1591.

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