PLUSSED

Etymology 1

Verb

plussed

simple past tense and past participle of plus

Adjective

plussed (not comparable)

(computing, informal) Containing a plus sign.

Etymology 2

Adjective

plussed (not comparable)

(informal) Bothered, fazed, vexed; not nonplussed (“unfazed, unaffected, unimpressed”).

Source: Wiktionary


PLUS

Plus, a. Etym: [L., more; akin to Gr. full. See Full, a., and cf. PiĂą, Pleonasm.]

1. (Math.)

Definition: More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; -- opposed to Ant: minus.

2. Hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual. Success goes invariably with a certain plus or positive power. Emerson. Plus sign (Math.), the sign (+) which denotes addition, or a positive quantity.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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