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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

'swounds en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • /zwundz/

Etymology

Contraction of God's wounds; see zounds.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) Synonym of zounds.
    • 'Swounds, show me what thou'lt do. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

Synonyms

'dswounds · zounds · zounds