Thursday Grammar: Nonplussed

I don’t know what people are thinking when the use the word “nonplussed” to mean the opposite of “moved” or “impressed”. Maybe that those things are “plusses” and the person is not any of them.

The word “nonplussed” means “surprised”, “bewildered”, “at a loss.” It’s the opposite of “unmoved.”

Next Week: A very good post, but not the penultimate.

One Response to “Thursday Grammar: Nonplussed”

  1. Rebecca on #

    Heh, I’m really glad I looked that up, because now I also know that nonplussed is almost literally Latin for, “I got nothing”.