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Webster 1913 Edition

'Swounds

’Swounds

,
int
erj.
[Cf.
Zounds
.]
An exclamation contracted from God’s wounds; – used as an oath.
[Obs. or Archaic]
Shak.

Definition 2024

'swounds

'swounds

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English

Alternative forms

Interjection

'swounds

  1. (obsolete) Expresses anger, disdain, emphasis etc.
    • 'Swounds, show me what thou'lt do. — Shakespeare, "Hamlet", 1602

Etymology

Contraction of God's wounds

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zwundz/

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