nonplus
Plural: nonpluses, nonplusses
Verb
Verb Forms: nonplused, nonplusing, nonpluses, nonplussed, nonplussing, nonplusses
- To surprise and confuse someone to the point of perplexity.
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- To bewilder or perplex (someone); to confound, to flummox.
Noun
- A state of bewilderment or perplexity.
Examples
- His seven-letter word on a triple-word score managed to NONPLUS his opponent entirely.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
Scrabble Score: 9
nonplus: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordnonplus: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nonplus: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary