goldarnedadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈɡɒlˌdɑːnd/, U.S.

/ˈɡɑlˈˌdɑrnd/

Forms: 1800s– galdarned, 1800s– gauldarned, 1800s– gauldurned, 1800s– goldarned, 1800s– golderned, 1800s– goldurned, 1800s– golldarned, 1900s galldarn'd.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: goddamned adj.

Etymology: Euphemistic alteration of goddamned adj., after darned adj.² Compare earlier goldarn adj., goldarn v.

U.S. colloquial (euphemistic, often humorous or in representations of rural speech).

A. adj.

1. Used for emphasis, especially to express annoyance or amazement. Cf. goddamned adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > oaths other than religious or obscene > damn

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1853 N.Y. Times 4 May 2/1 ‘Seem's to me,’ says the driver, as he got up on the box again, ‘them gol-durned lazy niggers ain't a comin' arter you.’

1885 Pacific Commerc. Advertiser (Honolulu) 27 July I've broke my gol-darned neck.

1927 Observer 25 Sept. 15/2 That goldarned Britisher ain't the simp and saphead he lets on to be.

1948 Reader's Digest Mar. 128 Another great story ruined by a goldurned eyewitness.

1982 D. DeLillo Names (1983) vi. 153 If one of those bullets has your name on it..there's not a goldarned thing you can do about it.

2008 Toronto Star (Nexis) 19 Dec. e1 I want Weitz to stop acting like a goldarned wimp, if not for his own sake then for the dignity of other filmmakers.

2. In the superlative with the, as the goldarnedest. The biggest or most impressive; the most amazing; (also) the worst or most unpleasant. Cf. goddamned adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun] > most

worstOE

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > largeness of volume or bulkiness > and impressiveness > that which is

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Moby Dicka1974

1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Sept. 330/2 He is the goldarndest richest ole coon I ever hearn tell ov.

1912 L. F. Baum Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vac. xvi. 207 I've read the gol-durndest lot o' truck ye ever heard of.

1924 Amer. Mercury Dec. 493/2 We may be the goldarnedest thing today that ever was in creation.

1991 J. Varley Steel Beach (1993) 151 All in all, it was the goldarndest, Barnum-and-Baileyest, ribstickinest, rough-and-tumblest infernal foofaraw of a media circus anybody had seen.

2016 @CoreyMesler 1 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) The Lobster is the goldarnedest best film I've seen this year.

B. adv.

Used as an intensifier. Cf. goddamned adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly

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1866 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 2 Oct. They are so gol-darned pretty that dirt won't stick to 'em.

1910 D. S. Foster Flighty Arethusa 273 It ain't no crane, and gol durn it, it ain't no eagle, nuther; it's too gol durned big.

1978 J. Heifner Patio/Porch 12 I tried for years to get Buddy to put some more fertilizer out, but he was too gal darned lazy.

1986 D. A. Dye Platoon iv. 53 It was so goldarned hard to breathe.

2013 Atlantic Online (Nexis) 13 May Nick..becomes so enmeshed in Gatsby's story because he is just too goldarned open-hearted to have a life of his own.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	goldarned
释义	goldarnedadj.adv. Brit. /ˈɡɒlˌdɑːnd/, U.S. /ˈɡɑlˈˌdɑrnd/ Forms: 1800s– galdarned, 1800s– gauldarned, 1800s– gauldurned, 1800s– goldarned, 1800s– golderned, 1800s– goldurned, 1800s– golldarned, 1900s galldarn'd. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: goddamned adj. Etymology: Euphemistic alteration of goddamned adj., after darned adj.² Compare earlier goldarn adj., goldarn v. U.S. colloquial (euphemistic, often humorous or in representations of rural speech). A. adj. 1. Used for emphasis, especially to express annoyance or amazement. Cf. goddamned adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > oaths other than religious or obscene > damn damneda1616 goddamned1816 goldarned1853 goldasted1881 1853 N.Y. Times 4 May 2/1 ‘Seem's to me,’ says the driver, as he got up on the box again, ‘them gol-durned lazy niggers ain't a comin' arter you.’ 1885 Pacific Commerc. Advertiser (Honolulu) 27 July I've broke my gol-darned neck. 1927 Observer 25 Sept. 15/2 That goldarned Britisher ain't the simp and saphead he lets on to be. 1948 Reader's Digest Mar. 128 Another great story ruined by a goldurned eyewitness. 1982 D. DeLillo Names (1983) vi. 153 If one of those bullets has your name on it..there's not a goldarned thing you can do about it. 2008 Toronto Star (Nexis) 19 Dec. e1 I want Weitz to stop acting like a goldarned wimp, if not for his own sake then for the dignity of other filmmakers. 2. In the superlative with the, as the goldarnedest. The biggest or most impressive; the most amazing; (also) the worst or most unpleasant. Cf. goddamned adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun] > most worstOE worstc1275 muda1586 goldarned1857 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > largeness of volume or bulkiness > and impressiveness > that which is goldarned1857 super-jumbo1923 biggie1945 Moby Dicka1974 1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Sept. 330/2 He is the goldarndest richest ole coon I ever hearn tell ov. 1912 L. F. Baum Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vac. xvi. 207 I've read the gol-durndest lot o' truck ye ever heard of. 1924 Amer. Mercury Dec. 493/2 We may be the goldarnedest thing today that ever was in creation. 1991 J. Varley Steel Beach (1993) 151 All in all, it was the goldarndest, Barnum-and-Baileyest, ribstickinest, rough-and-tumblest infernal foofaraw of a media circus anybody had seen. 2016 @CoreyMesler 1 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) The Lobster is the goldarnedest best film I've seen this year. B. adv. Used as an intensifier. Cf. goddamned adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly swithlyc888 micklelyeOE swith971 hardOE un-i-fohOE sevenfoldlOE unmeet?c1225 innerlyc1330 horribly1340 too1340 sore1474 horriblec1475 vehemently1483 outrageous1487 done?a1513 exquisite1529 strangely1532 exceeding1535 exceedingly1535 angardlyc1540 angerlyc1540 choicec1540 vengeable1542 vengeably?1550 extremelya1554 monstrous1569 thrice1579 amain1587 extremea1591 damnably1598 fellc1600 tyrannically1602 exquisitely1603 damnedly1607 preciously1607 damnablea1616 impensively1620 excellingly1621 main1632 fearful1634 vengeancelya1640 upsy1650 impensely1657 twadding1657 vastly1664 hideous1667 mainly1670 consumed1707 consumedly1707 outrageously1749 damned1757 nation1771 shockingly1777 deuced1779 darn1789 darned1807 felly1807 varsal1814 awful1816 awfy1816 frightfully1816 deucedly1819 dogged1819 awfully1820 gallowsa1823 shocking1831 tremendously1832 everlasting1833 terribly1833 fearfully1835 ripping1838 poison1840 thundering1853 frighteninglyc1854 raring1854 hell's own1863 goldarned1866 goddamned1870 doggone1871 acutely1872 whooping1874 stupidly1878 everlastingly1879 hideously1882 densely1883 storming1883 good and1885 thunderingly1885 crazy1887 tremendous1887 madly1888 goldarn1892 howling1895 murderously1916 rasted1919 goddam1921 bitchingly1923 Christly1923 bitching1929 falling-down1930 lousy1932 appallingly1937 stratospherically1941 Christ almighty1945 effing1945 focking1956 dagnab1961 drop-dead1980 hella1987 totes2006 1866 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 2 Oct. They are so gol-darned pretty that dirt won't stick to 'em. 1910 D. S. Foster Flighty Arethusa 273 It ain't no crane, and gol durn it, it ain't no eagle, nuther; it's too gol durned big. 1978 J. Heifner Patio/Porch 12 I tried for years to get Buddy to put some more fertilizer out, but he was too gal darned lazy. 1986 D. A. Dye Platoon iv. 53 It was so goldarned hard to breathe. 2013 Atlantic Online (Nexis) 13 May Nick..becomes so enmeshed in Gatsby's story because he is just too goldarned open-hearted to have a life of his own. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1853
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