tarnaladj.

/ˈtɑːnəl/

Etymology: Representing a regional pronunciation of eternal adj. and n.

slang (chiefly U.S.).

Used as an expression of execration, passing into a mere intensive: = eternal adj. 7.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > euphemisms for stronger oaths > for 'damn'

tarnation1784

tarnal1790

darned1815

dratted1857

dagnab1934

cotton-picking1958

1790 R. Tyler Contrast (1887) ii. ii. 39 The snarl-headed curs fell a-kicking and cursing of me at such a tarnal rate, that..I was glad to take to my heels.

a1821 J. W. Masters Dick & Sal lxii. (E.D.D.) Dare was a tarnal sight of meat.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Tarnal, eternal.

1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ii. 23 I dars n't skeer the tarnal thing fer fear he 'd run away with 't.

Derivatives

ˈtarnally adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adverb]

always fortha700

alwayeOE

oeOE

everOE

buten endea1000

echelichec1175

till doomsdayc1175

to timea1200

perdurablyc1275

in ayea1300

without endc1330

anytimea1375

for ay and oc1374

continually1382

perpetuallyc1385

ay-forthc1390

everlastinglyc1390

perpetualc1392

eternallyc1393

endlessa1400

in (also for, to) perpetuitya1400

always?c1425

without timec1425

endlesslya1450

sempiternlyc1450

infinitivec1470

aylastinglyc1475

everlastingc1475

incessantly1481

in saecula saeculorum1481

sempiternally1509

all days1533

for altogether1542

constantly1567

interminate?1567

incorruptibly1579

perpetuously1612

in perpetuum1613

eternal1614

unterminably1631

unfadinglya1672

unendingly1674

for a constancy1710

perennially1729

tarnally1790

imperishably1795

indefectibly1837

immortally1858

fadelessly1861

1790 R. Tyler Contrast (1887) ii. ii. 90 Laugh by rule! Well, I should like that tarnally.

a1828 J. Bernard Retrospections of Amer. (1887) x. 241 May I be 'tarnally starved down for mutton broth, if [etc.].

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 405 Tarnally dog gone my shins if this beent the bestest puttiest longbreak yet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tarnal
释义	tarnaladj. /ˈtɑːnəl/ Etymology: Representing a regional pronunciation of eternal adj. and n. slang (chiefly U.S.). Used as an expression of execration, passing into a mere intensive: = eternal adj. 7. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > euphemisms for stronger oaths > for 'damn' tarnation1784 tarnal1790 darned1815 dratted1857 dagnab1934 cotton-picking1958 1790 R. Tyler Contrast (1887) ii. ii. 39 The snarl-headed curs fell a-kicking and cursing of me at such a tarnal rate, that..I was glad to take to my heels. a1821 J. W. Masters Dick & Sal lxii. (E.D.D.) Dare was a tarnal sight of meat. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Tarnal, eternal. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ii. 23 I dars n't skeer the tarnal thing fer fear he 'd run away with 't. Derivatives ˈtarnally adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adverb] always fortha700 alwayeOE oeOE everOE buten endea1000 echelichec1175 till doomsdayc1175 to timea1200 perdurablyc1275 in ayea1300 without endc1330 anytimea1375 for ay and oc1374 continually1382 perpetuallyc1385 ay-forthc1390 everlastinglyc1390 perpetualc1392 eternallyc1393 endlessa1400 in (also for, to) perpetuitya1400 always?c1425 without timec1425 endlesslya1450 sempiternlyc1450 infinitivec1470 aylastinglyc1475 everlastingc1475 incessantly1481 in saecula saeculorum1481 sempiternally1509 all days1533 for altogether1542 constantly1567 interminate?1567 incorruptibly1579 perpetuously1612 in perpetuum1613 eternal1614 unterminably1631 unfadinglya1672 unendingly1674 for a constancy1710 perennially1729 tarnally1790 imperishably1795 indefectibly1837 immortally1858 fadelessly1861 1790 R. Tyler Contrast (1887) ii. ii. 90 Laugh by rule! Well, I should like that tarnally. a1828 J. Bernard Retrospections of Amer. (1887) x. 241 May I be 'tarnally starved down for mutton broth, if [etc.]. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 405 Tarnally dog gone my shins if this beent the bestest puttiest longbreak yet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1790
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