dumbfoundv.

/dʌmˈfaʊnd/

Forms: 1600s 1800s dumfound, 1600s– dumbfound.

Etymology: apparently < dumb adj. + -found in confound v.

transitive. To strike dumb; to confound, confuse; to nonplus.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)]

gloppena1250

abavea1400

ferlya1400

forferlya1400

supprisec1405

stonish1488

surprend1549

stagger1556

thunderbolta1586

admire1598

startle1598

thunderstrike1613

siderate1623

dumbfound1653

surprise1655

stammer1656

strange1657

astartlea1680

dumbfounder1710

knock1715

to take aback1751

flabbergast1773

to take back1796

stagnate1829

to put aback1833

to make (a person) sit up1878

to knock, lay (out), etc., cold1884

transmogrify1887

rock1947

to flip out1964

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais in Wks. (1694) i. vi. 22 I beseech you never Dum-found or Embarrass your Heads with these idle Conceits.

1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune ii. i. 14 He has but one eye, and we are on his blind side; I'll dumb-found him. (Strikes him on the shoulder.)

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. ii. 5 To cramp and dumbfound his opponents.

1861 C. Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 361 I cannot wriggle out of it; I am dumbfounded.

Derivatives

dumbˈfounded adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective]

forglopnedc1175

dumb1388

astoniedc1400

unprepared1563

thunderstrickena1586

stonished1595

startled?1611

thunderstruck1613

dump1616

admired1684

dumbfounded1815

capped1862

surprised1882

dumbfoundered1883

staggered1911

1815 T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 70 The dum-founded fascination that seizes people.

dumbˈfounding n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > act of surprising

surprise1609

stealth1611

surprisal1613

startling1645

dumbfounding1682

springing1866

1682 in A. Behn False Count Epil. sig. K^v Among all the Follys here abounding, None took like the new Ape-trick of Dumfounding.

1690 J. Dryden in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Prophetess sig. A4^v That witty Recreation, call'd Dumb-founding.

1770 C. Jenner Placid Man II. 139 That kind of dumb~founding astonishment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	dumbfound
释义	dumbfoundv. /dʌmˈfaʊnd/ Forms: 1600s 1800s dumfound, 1600s– dumbfound. Etymology: apparently < dumb adj. + -found in confound v. transitive. To strike dumb; to confound, confuse; to nonplus. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)] gloppena1250 abavea1400 ferlya1400 forferlya1400 supprisec1405 stonish1488 surprend1549 stagger1556 thunderbolta1586 admire1598 startle1598 thunderstrike1613 siderate1623 dumbfound1653 surprise1655 stammer1656 strange1657 astartlea1680 dumbfounder1710 knock1715 to take aback1751 flabbergast1773 to take back1796 stagnate1829 to put aback1833 to make (a person) sit up1878 to knock, lay (out), etc., cold1884 transmogrify1887 rock1947 to flip out1964 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais in Wks. (1694) i. vi. 22 I beseech you never Dum-found or Embarrass your Heads with these idle Conceits. 1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune ii. i. 14 He has but one eye, and we are on his blind side; I'll dumb-found him. (Strikes him on the shoulder.) 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. ii. 5 To cramp and dumbfound his opponents. 1861 C. Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 361 I cannot wriggle out of it; I am dumbfounded. Derivatives dumbˈfounded adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] forglopnedc1175 dumb1388 astoniedc1400 unprepared1563 thunderstrickena1586 stonished1595 startled?1611 thunderstruck1613 dump1616 admired1684 dumbfounded1815 capped1862 surprised1882 dumbfoundered1883 staggered1911 1815 T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 70 The dum-founded fascination that seizes people. dumbˈfounding n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > act of surprising surprise1609 stealth1611 surprisal1613 startling1645 dumbfounding1682 springing1866 1682 in A. Behn False Count Epil. sig. K^v Among all the Follys here abounding, None took like the new Ape-trick of Dumfounding. 1690 J. Dryden in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Prophetess sig. A4^v That witty Recreation, call'd Dumb-founding. 1770 C. Jenner Placid Man II. 139 That kind of dumb~founding astonishment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1653
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