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单词 egad
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egadint.

Brit. /ɪˈɡad/, U.S. /ˌiˈɡæd/
Forms: Also 1600s igad, 1700s egod.
Etymology: probably representing earlier A God! < a interjection: but in later times perhaps associated with asseverations, like i'faith , or possibly with by God : compare agad int., adad int., adod int., ecod int., etc.
Used as a softened oath.
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by Goda1225
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s'elpa1330
by Gogc1400
Gog of heavena1500
by cock?1548
mort dieua1593
(God) refuse me1596
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adad1664
agad1672
igad1672
egad1673
adod1676
ecod1677
gadso1677
ydadc1680
goles1734
s'gad1743
by (or my) gumc1815
gorblimey1896
1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 4 Which is very civil I gad.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. xciii. 303 An exclamation of ‘Humbugged, egad!’
1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship xviii. 80 Egod, off we set, and never stopt till I got to the bottom.
1823 Ld. Byron Island ii. xxi. 44 Egad, she seemed a wicked-looking craft.
1868–9 M. E. Braddon Charlotte's Inher. iv. ii. 93 Yes, egad, and such a fortune as few girls drop into now-a-days.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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