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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

'sheart en · INTJ

Etymology

Minced form of (by) God's heart, ods heart, etc.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, qualifier:minced oath) Used as an oath and in expressions of wonder, anger, etc.
    • Shart, if my haire stand not an end... c. 1596, Sir Thomas More, Act III, Scene ii, l. 276:

Forms

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shart alternative lexicographic
s'harte alternative lexicographic
's'heart alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

'sblood · 'zounds · 'sdeath · wow (wonder) · 'struth