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† i'ˈfegs, int. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: (with or without apostrophe) 7 i'fac(k, i'feck, i'fex, 7–8 i'-, y'facks, i'-, y'-, efackins, 8 i-, efags, efacks, i-, efecks, efeclings, ifackins, 9 i'fakins.
[Perversions of i' faith, in faith: see fegs and i'fads.]
Used, esp. by 17th and 18th c. dramatists, as a trivial oath amounting to a simple asseveration: In faith, by my faith.
1610B. Jonson Alch. i. ii, Dap. I-fac, I doe not. You are mistaken. Fac. How! sweare by your fac?.. Dap. I'fac's no oath. a1625Fletcher Nice Valour iv. Wks. (Rtldg.) II. 467/1 I'fex have they. 1673Wycherley Gentlem. Dancing-Master ii. ii, Mrs. Caut. Y'facks, but you shan't. I'll ask him... Don. Y'fackins, but you shan't ask him! 1709Steele Tatler No. 137 ⁋2 He..will tell you, That I'fackins, such a Thing is true. 1742Fielding J. Andrews i. xiv, Ifags! the gentleman has caught a traitor. Ibid. ii. xiv, Ifacks, a good story. 1775Sheridan Duenna iii. vi, Efecks, Father, I should have guessed as much. 1785Hutton Bran New Wark 16 Good friends, these er sad duings, efeclings. 1825Brockett, I'fakins, in faith—a frequent asseveration.
b. In earnest.
1687Congreve Old Bach. iv. iv, Nay, dear Cocky, don't cry, I was but in jest, I was not ifeck. |