'dswounds

English

Etymology

Contraction of God's wounds; see zounds.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dzwuːndz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dzwundz/
• Rhymes: -uːndz

Interjection

'dswounds

1. (archaic) Synonym of zounds.

   Synonym: 'swounds

   • 1733, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], Alexander Pope, compiler, “Law is a Bottomless Pit. Or, The History of John Bull. […]. The Second Part. Chapter IX. A Copy of Nic. Frog’s letter to John Bull.”, in Miscellanies, 2nd edition, volume II, London: […] Benjamin Motte, […], →OCLC, page 107:

     ’Dſvvounds! vvhy doſt thou not lay out thy Money to purchaſe a Place at Court, of honeſt Iſrael?