nonplusn.adj.

Brit.

/nɒnˈplʌs/, U.S.

/ˌnɑnˈpləs/

Forms: 1500s– nonplus, 1700s– nonplush (chiefly regional); English regional (southern) 1800s– non-plish, 1900s– non-plutch. See also amplush n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nōn plūs.

Etymology: < classical Latin nōn plūs not more, no further < nōn not (see non- prefix) + plūs more (see plus prep., n., adv., and adj.). Compare French †mettre à nonplus to nonplus (17th cent.).In sense A. 2 perhaps shortened < non plus ultra n.

A. n.

1. A state in which no more can be said or done; inability to proceed in speech or action; a state of perplexity or puzzlement; a standstill. to be at (also in) a nonplus: to be nonplussed. at a nonplus: unprepared, unawares. to bring, reduce (formerly also †drive, put) to a nonplus, †to set a nonplus on, †to give nonplus to: = nonplus v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] > resulting in inaction

nonplus1582

full stopa1586

stand1625

nonplussation1833

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > a check or rebuff > complete check or impasse

checkmatec1440

blank1542

nonplus1582

noncome1600

choke1674

dead lock1781

impasse1851

no go1870

standoff1876

gridlock1981

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > unprepared [phrase]

at a nonplus1804

to be caught with one's trousers down1926

1582 R. Parsons Def. Censure Epist. to Charke 8 Beynge now brought to a non plus in argueing.

1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epistle (1879) 5 If you be not set at a flat non plus, and quite ouerthrowen.

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. E4^v I haue giuen non-plus to the Paduans.

1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 74 Though I bee in questioning at a nonplus.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 85 Their often failings, had put them to often stops and nonplusses in the work.

1663 R. South Serm. preached Nov. 9, 1662 4 The Nonplus of my reason will yield a fairer Opportunity to my faith.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi i. App. 34/1 The People found themselves plunged into a sad Non plus what way to take for a Subsistence.

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 143 The Mortality..put our scheming Doctor to a sad Nonplus.

1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) II. liv. 151 You put me quite to a nonplush, I am quite out of cash.

1804 M. Edgeworth To-morrow iii, in Pop. Tales III. 294 He can never find our larder at a non-plus.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xv. 378 The manner of York reveals the old man in a nonplus and perturbation.

1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars vii. 325 Prophets are never at a nonplus, and never surprised by a question.

1980 A. Mars-Jones Lantern Lect. & Other Stories (1981) 69 The abandoned members of the royal party spend many seconds in a state of paralysed nonplus..before they raise the alarm.

1989 J. M. Dillard Lost Years v. 113 Reduced to a perfect nonplus, McCoy half-rose from his chair.

†2. = non plus ultra n. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > peak of perfection

perfection1340

pointc1400

pinnaclec1450

firmament1526

tipe1548

vertical point1559

acmea1568

status1577

summity1588

sublimation1591

turret1593

topgallant1597

non ultra?1606

vertical1611

non plus ultra1647

ne ultraa1657

verticle1658

summit1661

ne plus ultra1664

ne plus1665

nonplus1670

tip-top1702

pink1720

sublime1748

eminencea1854

it1896

1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 178 A world of such rich worke, which makes this Bedstead the non plus of art and magnificence.

†B. adj.

[Probably short for at a nonplus at sense A. 1.] = nonplussed adj. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > completely stuck or at an impasse

stalec1470

blank1542

enterprised1560

nonplus1589

bogged1605

nonplussed1606

blanked1611

stymied1862

deadlocked1880

stalemated1903

banjaxed1939

snookered1961

gridlock1983

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxx. 132 Soone his wits were Non plus, for his wooing could but spell.

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. C2 Set him but Non-plus in his magicke spels, And make him yeeld in Mathematicke rules.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliv. xxvi. 1187 When he could make no answere thereto, but was set nonplus.

1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xvi. 289 Apollonius Rhodius imposed voluntary Exile on himselfe,..because he was Nonplus in one of his Poems.

1806 H. H. Brackenridge Gaz. Publ. 338 I take me to my..investigating labours—Elsewhere t' examine, and discuss, This state arcanum & non plus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nonplusv.

Brit.

/nɒnˈplʌs/, U.S.

/ˌnɑnˈpləs/

Inflections: Present participle nonplussing; past tense and past participle nonplussed;

Forms: 1600s– nonplus, 1700s– non-plush (chiefly regional), 1800s– nonplish (English regional (southern).

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nonplus n.

Etymology: < nonplus n.

1. transitive. To bring to a nonplus or standstill; to perplex, confound. Frequently in past participle (cf. nonplussed adj.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > bring to an impasse

checkmatea1400

stalec1470

set1577

stallc1591

embog1602

nonplus1605

stalemate1765

stump1807

pound1827

to stick up1853

snooker1889

stymie1902

biff1915

dead-end1921

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] > nonplus

stagger1556

gravel1566

set1577

trump1586

bumbaze1587

puzzlec1595

ground1597

stunt1603

nonplus1605

pose1605

stumble1605

buzzard1624

quandary1681

bamboozle1712

hobble1762

stump1807

have1816

floor1830

flummox1837

stick1851

get1868

to stick up1897

buffalo1903

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 31 Mans Reason non-plust in some accidents.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. x. 247 I know it will non-plus his power to work a true miracle.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 119 In which [sc. wrangling] his Parts were so accomplisht That right, or wrong, he ne're was non-plust.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 476. ¶5 He has been non-plus'd on a sudden, by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell the Company, what it was that he endeavoured to prove.

1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 11 At first,..I must own, I was a little nonplushed.

1840 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 58 I wrote a good bit of a letter to you three weeks ago: but, being non-plussed suddenly, tore it up.

1894 J. Knight D. Garrick vii. 115 A continued struggle for supremacy in which the audience found itself nonplussed to decide.

1914 Z. Grey Rustlers of Pecos County xv. 229 Had not Diane Sampson and Sally Langdon amazed and nonplused me many a time?

1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair xvii. 201 Now, seeing the actual physical Betty Kane again, he was nonplussed.

1984 A. Smith Mind iii. viii. 133 Relatives, never before confronted by the option of encouraging or delaying death, are equally nonplussed.

2. transitive. To render (a thing) ineffective or inoperative. rare in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail to [verb (transitive)] > have no effect upon > render ineffectual

voida1340

mortifyc1390

to lay in water?c1425

frustrate1471

stint1509

mutilatec1570

dead1602

unvirtuate1611

ineffectuate1633

nonplus1640

1640 J. Gower tr. Ovid Festivalls iii. 64 Winds non-plus art [L. Vincitur ars vento].

1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 83 The Remedies being thus non-plust [etc.].

1681 News from Doctor's Commons 5 It non-plust all reply.

a1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Art of Love i, in Wks. (1885) XII. 251 There eloquence is nonplussed in the suit.

1853 Nat. Era 30 June 102 The political conspiracy, entered into at Baltimore by the two great parties, for ‘discountenancing agitation’, is nonplussed.

1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Dec. 5/2 Such behaviour quite nonplusses measures of repression.

1944 G. MacBeth Coll. Poems (1987) 137 The imperial multiplicator nothing can nonplus.

1985 J. Merrill Late Settings ii. 45 New-smelted leads of the moonrise nonplus the prowling far-off headlight eyes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nonplus
释义	nonplusn.adj. Brit. /nɒnˈplʌs/, U.S. /ˌnɑnˈpləs/ Forms: 1500s– nonplus, 1700s– nonplush (chiefly regional); English regional (southern) 1800s– non-plish, 1900s– non-plutch. See also amplush n. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nōn plūs. Etymology: < classical Latin nōn plūs not more, no further < nōn not (see non- prefix) + plūs more (see plus prep., n., adv., and adj.). Compare French †mettre à nonplus to nonplus (17th cent.).In sense A. 2 perhaps shortened < non plus ultra n. A. n. 1. A state in which no more can be said or done; inability to proceed in speech or action; a state of perplexity or puzzlement; a standstill. to be at (also in) a nonplus: to be nonplussed. at a nonplus: unprepared, unawares. to bring, reduce (formerly also †drive, put) to a nonplus, †to set a nonplus on, †to give nonplus to: = nonplus v. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] > resulting in inaction nonplus1582 full stopa1586 stand1625 nonplussation1833 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > a check or rebuff > complete check or impasse checkmatec1440 blank1542 nonplus1582 noncome1600 choke1674 dead lock1781 impasse1851 no go1870 standoff1876 gridlock1981 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > unprepared [phrase] at a nonplus1804 to be caught with one's trousers down1926 1582 R. Parsons Def. Censure Epist. to Charke 8 Beynge now brought to a non plus in argueing. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epistle (1879) 5 If you be not set at a flat non plus, and quite ouerthrowen. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. E4^v I haue giuen non-plus to the Paduans. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 74 Though I bee in questioning at a nonplus. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 85 Their often failings, had put them to often stops and nonplusses in the work. 1663 R. South Serm. preached Nov. 9, 1662 4 The Nonplus of my reason will yield a fairer Opportunity to my faith. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi i. App. 34/1 The People found themselves plunged into a sad Non plus what way to take for a Subsistence. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 143 The Mortality..put our scheming Doctor to a sad Nonplus. 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) II. liv. 151 You put me quite to a nonplush, I am quite out of cash. 1804 M. Edgeworth To-morrow iii, in Pop. Tales III. 294 He can never find our larder at a non-plus. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xv. 378 The manner of York reveals the old man in a nonplus and perturbation. 1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars vii. 325 Prophets are never at a nonplus, and never surprised by a question. 1980 A. Mars-Jones Lantern Lect. & Other Stories (1981) 69 The abandoned members of the royal party spend many seconds in a state of paralysed nonplus..before they raise the alarm. 1989 J. M. Dillard Lost Years v. 113 Reduced to a perfect nonplus, McCoy half-rose from his chair. †2. = non plus ultra n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > peak of perfection perfection1340 pointc1400 pinnaclec1450 firmament1526 tipe1548 vertical point1559 acmea1568 status1577 summity1588 sublimation1591 turret1593 topgallant1597 non ultra?1606 vertical1611 non plus ultra1647 ne ultraa1657 verticle1658 summit1661 ne plus ultra1664 ne plus1665 nonplus1670 tip-top1702 pink1720 sublime1748 eminencea1854 it1896 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 178 A world of such rich worke, which makes this Bedstead the non plus of art and magnificence. †B. adj. [Probably short for at a nonplus at sense A. 1.] = nonplussed adj. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > completely stuck or at an impasse stalec1470 blank1542 enterprised1560 nonplus1589 bogged1605 nonplussed1606 blanked1611 stymied1862 deadlocked1880 stalemated1903 banjaxed1939 snookered1961 gridlock1983 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxx. 132 Soone his wits were Non plus, for his wooing could but spell. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. C2 Set him but Non-plus in his magicke spels, And make him yeeld in Mathematicke rules. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliv. xxvi. 1187 When he could make no answere thereto, but was set nonplus. 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xvi. 289 Apollonius Rhodius imposed voluntary Exile on himselfe,..because he was Nonplus in one of his Poems. 1806 H. H. Brackenridge Gaz. Publ. 338 I take me to my..investigating labours—Elsewhere t' examine, and discuss, This state arcanum & non plus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nonplusv. Brit. /nɒnˈplʌs/, U.S. /ˌnɑnˈpləs/ Inflections: Present participle nonplussing; past tense and past participle nonplussed; Forms: 1600s– nonplus, 1700s– non-plush (chiefly regional), 1800s– nonplish (English regional (southern). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nonplus n. Etymology: < nonplus n. 1. transitive. To bring to a nonplus or standstill; to perplex, confound. Frequently in past participle (cf. nonplussed adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > bring to an impasse checkmatea1400 stalec1470 set1577 stallc1591 embog1602 nonplus1605 stalemate1765 stump1807 pound1827 to stick up1853 snooker1889 stymie1902 biff1915 dead-end1921 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] > nonplus stagger1556 gravel1566 set1577 trump1586 bumbaze1587 puzzlec1595 ground1597 stunt1603 nonplus1605 pose1605 stumble1605 buzzard1624 quandary1681 bamboozle1712 hobble1762 stump1807 have1816 floor1830 flummox1837 stick1851 get1868 to stick up1897 buffalo1903 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 31 Mans Reason non-plust in some accidents. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. x. 247 I know it will non-plus his power to work a true miracle. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 119 In which [sc. wrangling] his Parts were so accomplisht That right, or wrong, he ne're was non-plust. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 476. ¶5 He has been non-plus'd on a sudden, by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell the Company, what it was that he endeavoured to prove. 1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 11 At first,..I must own, I was a little nonplushed. 1840 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 58 I wrote a good bit of a letter to you three weeks ago: but, being non-plussed suddenly, tore it up. 1894 J. Knight D. Garrick vii. 115 A continued struggle for supremacy in which the audience found itself nonplussed to decide. 1914 Z. Grey Rustlers of Pecos County xv. 229 Had not Diane Sampson and Sally Langdon amazed and nonplused me many a time? 1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair xvii. 201 Now, seeing the actual physical Betty Kane again, he was nonplussed. 1984 A. Smith Mind iii. viii. 133 Relatives, never before confronted by the option of encouraging or delaying death, are equally nonplussed. 2. transitive. To render (a thing) ineffective or inoperative. rare in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail to [verb (transitive)] > have no effect upon > render ineffectual voida1340 mortifyc1390 to lay in water?c1425 frustrate1471 stint1509 mutilatec1570 dead1602 unvirtuate1611 ineffectuate1633 nonplus1640 1640 J. Gower tr. Ovid Festivalls iii. 64 Winds non-plus art [L. Vincitur ars vento]. 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 83 The Remedies being thus non-plust [etc.]. 1681 News from Doctor's Commons 5 It non-plust all reply. a1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Art of Love i, in Wks. (1885) XII. 251 There eloquence is nonplussed in the suit. 1853 Nat. Era 30 June 102 The political conspiracy, entered into at Baltimore by the two great parties, for ‘discountenancing agitation’, is nonplussed. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Dec. 5/2 Such behaviour quite nonplusses measures of repression. 1944 G. MacBeth Coll. Poems (1987) 137 The imperial multiplicator nothing can nonplus. 1985 J. Merrill Late Settings ii. 45 New-smelted leads of the moonrise nonplus the prowling far-off headlight eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1582v.1605
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