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Definition of Dumbfounder
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumbfounder
Literary usage of Dumbfounder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1837 As a last resort, and as a dumbfounder to all further remonstrances, they
assert, &c.—Yale Lit. Mag., ii. 175 (March). Dump. ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1876)
"... bad philosophy, inapt similes, ridiculous assertions, and tremulous appeals,
enough to dumbfounder the simple folk, and convulse the educated hearers. ..."
3. The slang dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"Dumbfound, to perplex, to beat soundly till not able to speak. Originally a cant
word. Johnson cites the Spectator for the earliest use. Scotch, dumbfounder ..."
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