sapperlot

German

Alternative forms

• Sapperlot (with a capital S inside a sentence)
• ſapperlot (in Fraktur)
• zapperlot

Etymology

Borrowed from French saperlotte (17th century), euphemistic modification of sacredieu, from sacré (nom de) Dieu (literally “holy (name of) God”).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

sapperlot

1. (dated or regional) zounds!, swounds!, 'sdeath!, my word!
2. (dated or regional) golly!, zowie!, goodness gracious!, good heavens!, gee whiz!, blast!, doggone!

Synonyms

• sapperment

See also

• sackerlot
• sakkerloot
• sapperloot