odso
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Euphemistic form of godso.
Interjection
[edit]odso
- (obsolete) Expressing surprise or affirmation.
- 1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 22:
- Abſ[olute]. Aye, Bob, Miſs Melville's Mr. Faulkland. / Acres. Od'ſo! ſhe and your father can be but juſt arrived before me— […]
- 1841, Robert Eyres Landor, Earl of Brecon:
- Odso! Thou dost wax great in wisdom day-by-day!