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zounds

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of God's wounds, with reference to the wounds from Christ's crucifixion. Compare strewth, blimey, gadzooks, 'sblood, crikey.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zu?ndz/, /za?ndz/

Interjection

zounds

  1. (chiefly dated) Expressing anger, surprise, assertion etc.
    • 1597, Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet"
      'Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death!
    • 1870, R.M. Ballantyne, "The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands"
      Bounds, mounds, lounds, founds, kounds, downds, rounds, pounds, zounds! — hounds — ha! hounds — I have it.
    • 1900, J.C. Hutcheson, "Bob Strong's Holidays"
      "Zounds!" he exclaimed. "What the dickens is that?"

Alternative forms

  • 'zounds

Synonyms

  • 'swounds
  • 'dswounds
  • zooterkins

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sounds

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa?ndz/

Noun

sounds

  1. plural of sound

Verb

sounds

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sound

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