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Plussed

adj, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Containing a plus sign. informal, not-comparable

    "I think the only good form of email address munging is a plussed email address as I have in this message. While I am not automatically bitbucketing email addressed in this way, it does keep it from hitting my inbox and demanding my immediate attention."

  2. 2
    Calm, collected and unconfused; not nonplussed (“bewildered, unsure how to react”). informal, not-comparable

    "Jady was rarely nonplussed, normally being very plussed indeed, but Alison's ability to move events without really noticing astounded him. She ran her hair idly through her fingers."

  3. 3
    Bothered, fazed, vexed, or concerned; not nonplussed (“unfazed, unaffected, unimpressed”). informal, not-comparable

    "I have received so much contradictory advice that I am quite plussed [sic] but I am inclined to think that that given to me by Mr. the American Ambassador […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of plus form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

See plus.

Etymology 2

See plus.

Etymology 3

A back-formation from nonplussed; see that entry for more on its own sense development.

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