Meanings
interjection
- archaicSynonym of zounds.
’Dſvvounds! vvhy doſt thou not lay out thy Money to purchaſe a Place at Court, of honeſt Iſrael?
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Contraction of God's wounds; see zounds.
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APA
'dswounds. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'dswounds
MLA
“'dswounds.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'dswounds. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “'dswounds,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'dswounds.
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