nonplus
pronunciation
How to pronounce nonplus in British English:
UK [ˌnɒn'plʌs]
How to pronounce nonplus in American English:
US [nɑnˈplʌs]
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- Verb:
- be a mystery or bewildering to
Word Origin
- nonplus
- nonplus: see plural
- nonplus (v.)
- "to bring to a nonplus, to perplex," 1590s, from the noun (1580s), properly "state where 'nothing more' can be done or said," from Latin non plus "no more, no further" (see plus). Related: Nonplussed.
Example
- 1. Her question put me in a nonplus .
- 2. He was nonplus by the strange customs he saw everywhere in the country .
- 3. The professor is never at a nonplus , and never perplexed by a problem .
- 4. Recalling the development of freedom of the press helps us understandthat the freedom of the press has been facing a reality that they are standing at a nonplus in the context of theliberalism renaissance since the 20th century .