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egad

[ ih-gad, ee-gad ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

interjection

egad

/ iːˈɡæd; ɪˈɡæd /

Origin of egad¹

First recorded in 1665–75; euphemistic alteration of oh God!

Origin of egad¹

C17: probably variant of Ah God!

Egad, I thought, has Schnittman now lost faith in the promise of a vast galactic universe of content?

We have only to stretch out our hands to gather it in—more than we want, egad!

I never heard any one not in a book say "egad" before, so I saw something really out of the way was indeed up.

"Egad, I should think so," interrupted a red-whiskered squire, in splashed top-boots.

This of course I don't know; but you will remember that Richelieu and Marlborough could not spell, and egad!

“Egad,” cried Drake, with strange cheerfulness, in spite of his disappointment.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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