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单词 godzooks
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Godzooksint.

Brit. /ɡɒdˈzuːks/, U.S. /ˌɡɑdˈzuks/
Forms: 1600s Gods'ooks, 1600s Gods-ooks, 1600s Godszooks, 1600s– Godzooks. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: god n., an element of uncertain origin.
Etymology: < the genitive of god n. + a second element of uncertain identity (perhaps hook n.1, with plural ending, but compare earlier God's sokinges int. at god n. and int. Phrases 3b(c)). Compare earlier Zooks int. Compare also odzooks int. at od n.1 and int. Compounds 3, Gadzooks int., and adzooks int. Perhaps compare earlier Godso int. and also Godsokers int.
Now archaic and rare.
Expressing surprise, alarm, frustration, etc.
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1673 T. Shadwell Epsom-Wells iii. 55 Gods'ooks she's the finest fore-handed Mare in Christendom.
1688 T. D'Urfey Fool's Preferment v. 79 Godzooks!
1696 M. Pix Spanish Wives i. 2 All his Wife's Friends Are his; and he's caress'd,—nay, Godszooks, many times Rises to his Preferment by it.
a1745 J. Swift Game Traffick in Wks. (1746) VIII. 312 But then his Honour cry'd, Godzooks! And seem'd to knit his Brow.
1791 W. Roberts Fugitives iii. 56 I forgot something—Godzooks, I forgot to look at her hand.
1886 Sunday Inter Ocean (Chicago) 24 Jan. 13/6 [He was] compelled to go out and say ‘Godzooks!’ and ‘Zounds’, relieving his feelings by this incendiary language.
1912 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 28 Mar. 8/3 ‘For,’ they would say, ‘godzooks, wench, remember he is the king and too good a bet to be overlooked’.
2012 J. Holub & S. Williams Pandora the Curious xii. 211 Godzooks! thought Pandora. It was clear that a fight was brewing.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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