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dumbfound
[
duhm-
found
,
duhm
-found
]
Origin
dumb·found
/
dʌmˈfaʊnd
,
ˈdʌmˌfaʊnd
/
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[
duhm-
found
,
duhm
-found
]
Show IPA
verb (used with object)
to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
Also,
dumb·found·er.
Origin:
1645–55;
dumb
+
(con)found
Related forms
dumb·found·er·ment,
noun
Synonyms
amaze, confound, astound, stagger.
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dumbfound
or
dumfound
(dʌmˈfaʊnd)
—
vb
(
tr
) to strike dumb with astonishment; amaze
[C17: from
dumb
+ (
con
)
found
]
dumfound
or
dumfound
—
vb
[C17: from
dumb
+ (
con
)
found
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
dumbfound
1650s, from
dumb
(q.v.) + (con)found.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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