zoundsint.

Brit.

/zaʊndz/,

/zuːndz/, U.S.

/zaʊndz/

Forms: 1500s zownes, 1600s zoones, 'zons, zons, zonnes (?), dzowns, zownds, zwounds, zauns, 1600s–1700s 'zoons, 1600s–1800s zoons, 1700s 'dswounds, 1600s– zounds. (Cf. zines int.)

Etymology: Shortened as a euphemism < God's wounds int. at god n. and int. Phrases 3b(a).

Now rare or Obsolete. In later use a literary archaism.

= God's wounds int. at god n. and int. Phrases 3b(a), used in oaths and asseverations.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's wounds

God's woundsc1460

kocks nownesa1556

nounsa1556

God's bores1578

swounds?1589

zoundsa1593

oons1593

'Snowns1594

wounds1600

od's nounsa1616

Gad's nouns1677

odsoons1694

od zounds1696

zines?1701

swolks1738

zoontersa1763

od's wounds1773

Gadswoons1826

woundikins1836

a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1616) sig. E4^v Zounds hee'l raise vp a kennell of Diuels.

a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1616) sig. F3 'Zons, hornes againe.

1600 R. Armin Foole vpon Foole sig. F3 One comes sweating, zoones Cobler the bootes.

1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood Sat. v. 72 If any fall together by the eares, To field cries he; why? zownes (to field) he sweares.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. E4 Zwounds I was talking with a crue of vagabonds.

1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque C 2 Spend. M. Rash! zownds how does he know I am here?

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 467 Zounds, I was neuer so bethumpt with words.

1682 Tories' Conf. in Roxburghe Ballads (1882) IV. 269 Dzowns, we'l have none but honest Souls.

1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle ii. ii. 16 Zoons is only us'd by the disbanded Officers and Bullies: but Zauns is the Beaux pronuncation [sic].

1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses ix. 42 'Dswounds! why dost thou not lay out thy Money to purchase a Place at Court..?

1739 Joe Miller's Jests 3 Zoons, Sir, said an old Campaigner..who's that?

1809 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Nov. 150 Syntax look'd wild—the man said ‘Zounds! You know you betted twenty pounds.’

1821 Sporting Mag. (N.S.) VII. 180 Zoons! said we, deranging the economy of our grey hairs.

1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia I. i. i. 38 Zounds, Charles, I love you, and that's the truth.

1883 Fortn. Rev. July 111 Forgiven me! Zounds! I must correct him in that.

Derivatives

† zounds v. obsolete (intransitive) to exclaim ‘zounds’.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (intransitive)] > religious oaths (referring to God)

to bless oneself1615

zounds1680

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iv. i. 39 When he loses upon the Square, he comes home Zoundzing and Blooding.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zounds
释义	zoundsint. Brit. /zaʊndz/, /zuːndz/, U.S. /zaʊndz/ Forms: 1500s zownes, 1600s zoones, 'zons, zons, zonnes (?), dzowns, zownds, zwounds, zauns, 1600s–1700s 'zoons, 1600s–1800s zoons, 1700s 'dswounds, 1600s– zounds. (Cf. zines int.) Etymology: Shortened as a euphemism < God's wounds int. at god n. and int. Phrases 3b(a). Now rare or Obsolete. In later use a literary archaism. = God's wounds int. at god n. and int. Phrases 3b(a), used in oaths and asseverations. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's wounds God's woundsc1460 kocks nownesa1556 nounsa1556 God's bores1578 swounds?1589 zoundsa1593 oons1593 'Snowns1594 wounds1600 od's nounsa1616 Gad's nouns1677 odsoons1694 od zounds1696 zines?1701 swolks1738 zoontersa1763 od's wounds1773 Gadswoons1826 woundikins1836 a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1616) sig. E4^v Zounds hee'l raise vp a kennell of Diuels. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1616) sig. F3 'Zons, hornes againe. 1600 R. Armin Foole vpon Foole sig. F3 One comes sweating, zoones Cobler the bootes. 1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood Sat. v. 72 If any fall together by the eares, To field cries he; why? zownes (to field) he sweares. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. E4 Zwounds I was talking with a crue of vagabonds. 1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque C 2 Spend. M. Rash! zownds how does he know I am here? a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 467 Zounds, I was neuer so bethumpt with words. View more context for this quotation 1682 Tories' Conf. in Roxburghe Ballads (1882) IV. 269 Dzowns, we'l have none but honest Souls. 1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle ii. ii. 16 Zoons is only us'd by the disbanded Officers and Bullies: but Zauns is the Beaux pronuncation [sic]. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses ix. 42 'Dswounds! why dost thou not lay out thy Money to purchase a Place at Court..? 1739 Joe Miller's Jests 3 Zoons, Sir, said an old Campaigner..who's that? 1809 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Nov. 150 Syntax look'd wild—the man said ‘Zounds! You know you betted twenty pounds.’ 1821 Sporting Mag. (N.S.) VII. 180 Zoons! said we, deranging the economy of our grey hairs. 1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia I. i. i. 38 Zounds, Charles, I love you, and that's the truth. 1883 Fortn. Rev. July 111 Forgiven me! Zounds! I must correct him in that. Derivatives † zounds v. obsolete (intransitive) to exclaim ‘zounds’.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (intransitive)] > religious oaths (referring to God) to bless oneself1615 zounds1680 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iv. i. 39 When he loses upon the Square, he comes home Zoundzing and Blooding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.a1593
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