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'Nonplussed' was taken from the Latin 'non plus,' which means “no more.” When it first appeared in English, it was used as a noun, with the meaning of “quandary.”

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"Nonplussed" is one of the worst words in English because its modern meaning and its original meaning are opposites.

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