- 'Swounds
- 'Swounds 'Swounds, interj. [Cf. {Zounds}.] An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath. [Obs. or Archaic] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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'swounds — /zwowndz, zowndz, zwoohndz/, interj. Obs. zounds. [1580 90; S3 + WOUND1 + S3] * * * swounds «zwowndz, zowndz», interjection. Archaic. a shortened form of God s wounds, used as an oath … Useful english dictionary
'swounds — /zwowndz, zowndz, zwoohndz/, interj. Obs. zounds. [1580 90; S3 + WOUND1 + S3] * * * … Universalium
swounds — /zwaʊndz/ (say zwowndz), /zaʊndz/ (say zowndz), /zwundz/ (say zwoohndz), /zundz/ (say zoohndz) interjection Obsolete → zounds …
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's — s1 an ending used in writing to represent the possessive morpheme after most singular nouns, some plural nouns, esp. those not ending in a letter or combination of letters representing an s or z sound, noun phrases, and noun substitutes, as in… … Universalium
zounds — /zowndz/, interj. Archaic. (used as a mild oath.) [1590 1600; var. of SWOUNDS] * * * … Universalium
zounds — [[t]zaʊndz[/t]] interj. archaic (used as a mild oath.) • Etymology: 1590–1600; var. of swounds, for God s wounds … From formal English to slang
'S — abbr. 1 is, has (he s; it s; John s; Charles s). 2 us (let s). 3 colloq. does (what s he say?). * * * I. like ʸs verb Etymology: contraction of is, has, does 1 … Useful english dictionary
