Meanings
interjection
alternative oddso
- obsoleteExpressing surprise or affirmation.
Odso! Thou dost wax great in wisdom day-by-day!
1841, Robert Eyres Landor, Earl of Brecon1 more example
Abſ[olute]. Aye, Bob, Miſs Melville's Mr. Faulkland. / Acres. Od'ſo! ſhe and your father can be but juſt arrived before me— […]
1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 22
Origin
Euphemistic form of godso.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
odso. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odso
MLA
“odso.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odso. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “odso,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odso.
Source: odso on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.