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'.

References

• “dumbfoundment, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.