dumbfoundment

English

Etymology

From dumbfound +‎ -ment.

Noun

dumbfoundment (uncountable)

  1. The fact of being dumbfounded or bewildered; astonishment.
    Synonyms: dumbfounderment, dumbfoundedness
    • 1997, Lady Anne Somerset, Unnatural Murder: Poison at the Court of James I, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, page 282:
      At any rate, Elwes's reaction when he heard his own words was one of complete dumbfoundment. He stood 'stricken as if with a thunderbolt'.

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