Zooksint.

Brit.

/zuːks/,

/zʊks/, U.S.

/zuks/

Forms: 1600s Zookes, 1600s Zwookes, 1600s– Zooks.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Gadzooks int.

Etymology: Apparently short for Gadzooks int. (although this is apparently first attested later). Compare later Zookers int. Compare also earlier God's sokinges int. at god n. and int. Phrases 3b(c).With form Zwookes compare Zwookers at Zookers int. Forms.

Now chiefly archaic or humorous.

Used as an oath or exclamation expressing asseveration, surprise, etc. Cf. Gadzooks int., Zookers int., Zoodikers int.

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

Zooks1600

Zookers1620

Gadzooksa1652

Gadzookers1672

adzooks1675

odzookers1688

odzooks1688

cotzooks1705

Zoodikers1749

od's wucks1785

1600 A. Munday et al. First Pt. True Hist. Sir I. Old-castle sig. I2^v Zwookes, do you robbe your ghests?

1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iii. sig. F Zookes thou art so brave a fellow that I will stick to thee.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. x. 70 Zooks, Parson, you remember how he recommended the Veather o' her to me.

1755 D. Garrick in J. Brown Barbarossa Prol. sig. A2 He eat a plagy deal, Zooks! he'd have beat five Ploomen at a Meal!

1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 235 And as for that shocking bad habit of swearing,..leave it to dustmen and mobs, Nor commit yourself much beyond ‘Zooks!’ or ‘Odsbobs!’

1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 35 Zooks, what's to blame?

1926 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 26 261/1 But Zooks ! I wished the fiendish speed back again when we struck the avenue.

2015 Daily Sitka (Alaska) Sentinel 6 Apr. 5/3 Zooks! Most especially, avoid quarrels with authority figures.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zooks
释义	Zooksint. Brit. /zuːks/, /zʊks/, U.S. /zuks/ Forms: 1600s Zookes, 1600s Zwookes, 1600s– Zooks. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Gadzooks int. Etymology: Apparently short for Gadzooks int. (although this is apparently first attested later). Compare later Zookers int. Compare also earlier God's sokinges int. at god n. and int. Phrases 3b(c).With form Zwookes compare Zwookers at Zookers int. Forms. Now chiefly archaic or humorous. Used as an oath or exclamation expressing asseveration, surprise, etc. Cf. Gadzooks int., Zookers int., Zoodikers int. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's hooks Zooks1600 Zookers1620 Gadzooksa1652 Gadzookers1672 adzooks1675 odzookers1688 odzooks1688 cotzooks1705 Zoodikers1749 od's wucks1785 1600 A. Munday et al. First Pt. True Hist. Sir I. Old-castle sig. I2^v Zwookes, do you robbe your ghests? 1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iii. sig. F Zookes thou art so brave a fellow that I will stick to thee. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. x. 70 Zooks, Parson, you remember how he recommended the Veather o' her to me. View more context for this quotation 1755 D. Garrick in J. Brown Barbarossa Prol. sig. A2 He eat a plagy deal, Zooks! he'd have beat five Ploomen at a Meal! 1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 235 And as for that shocking bad habit of swearing,..leave it to dustmen and mobs, Nor commit yourself much beyond ‘Zooks!’ or ‘Odsbobs!’ 1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 35 Zooks, what's to blame? 1926 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 26 261/1 But Zooks ! I wished the fiendish speed back again when we struck the avenue. 2015 Daily Sitka (Alaska) Sentinel 6 Apr. 5/3 Zooks! Most especially, avoid quarrels with authority figures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1600
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