plussed
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
See plus.
==== Verb ====
plussed
simple past and past participle of plus
==== Adjective ====
plussed (not comparable)
(computing, informal) Containing a plus sign.
=== Etymology 2 ===
A back-formation from nonplussed; see that entry for more on its own sense development.
==== Adjective ====
plussed (not comparable)
(informal) Calm, collected and unconfused; not nonplussed (“bewildered, unsure how to react”).
(Can we date this quote?), Gravitas, Punctilio, Rectitude & Pippy Bags, Frank Key, page 313:
Elhugavamp stopped up her ears with cotton wool and continued to smoke her acrid Serbian cigarillo, looking quite plussed and nonchalant, unlike me, for I was nonplussed and chalant, and innocent of cotton wool ear-stoppers.
(informal) Bothered, fazed, vexed, or concerned; not nonplussed (“unfazed, unaffected, unimpressed”).