nonplussed
1899 Welsh political cartoon, showing a bewildered inventor, entitled Non-plussed.
Meanings
Adjective
- Bewildered; unsure how to respond or act.
- Unfazed, unaffected, or unimpressed.
Verb
- Past of nonplus
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Origin
- From an earlier verb form of nonplus, from Latin nōn plūs, early 1600s. The etymological sense is similar to being left speechless as a result of confusion: the person can say or do "no more".
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