dumbfounder

English

Etymology 1

Alteration of dumbfound.[1]

Alternative forms

Verb

dumbfounder (third-person singular simple present dumbfounders, present participle dumbfoundering, simple past and past participle dumbfoundered)

  1. (transitive) To dumbfound.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From dumbfound +‎ -er.

Noun

dumbfounder (plural dumbfounders)

  1. Someone who or that which dumbfounds.

References

  1. ^ “dumbfounder, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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