† twishint.
Obsolete. rare.
An exclamation of contempt or vexation.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > exclamations of contempt [interjection]
prut?c1300
trutc1330
truptc1380
ahaa1400
tushc1440
puff1481
quotha?1520
ah?1526
ta ha1528
twish1577
blurt1592
gip1592
pish1592
tantia1593
(God) bless (also save) the mark1593
phah1593
marry come up1597
mew1600
pooh1600
marry muff1602
pew waw1602
ptish1602
pew1604
push1605
pshaw1607
tuh1607
pea1608
poh1650
pooh pooh1694
hoity-toity1695
highty-tighty1699
quoz?1780
indeed1834
shuck1847
skidoo1906
suck1913
zut1915
yah boo1921
pooey1927
ptui1930
snubs1934
upya1941
yah boo sucks1980
the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > exclamation expressing anger [interjection]
what a (also the) murrainc1560
go with a murrain1573
how a murrain1575
twish1577
highty-tighty1699
pilule1889
zut1915
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 4v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I There is a cholerike or disdainfull interiection vsed in the Irishe language, called Boagh, which is as much in English as twish.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. T. More in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 99 Twish, what woonder is yt, quod one of thee coompanye,..Yf [etc.].
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