non-plus

See also: nonplus and non plus

English

Etymology

French non (“no”) + plus (“more”).

Verb

non-plus (third-person singular simple present non-plusses, present participle non-plussing, simple past and past participle non-plussed)

  1. Alternative spelling of nonplus

Noun

non-plus (plural non-plusses)

  1. Alternative spelling of nonplus
    • 1841, William Rhind, A history of the vegetable kingdom, page 237:
      Being now much better able to make their queries of the secrets of that mystery, by how much their often failings had put them often to stops and non-plusses in the work […]
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