begad

/ bɪˈɡæd /

interjection

Origin of begad¹

C18: euphemistic alteration of by God!

But the times are changed now—there's a run upon literature—clever fellows get into the best houses in town, begad!

I have scarcely ever heard any thing equal to her, and her pronunciation of every language—begad!

Begad, ma'am, it's well nobody saw it but himself, or they might have thought that Dodd and Dempsey was turned highwayman.

There was over-many Paythans for our convaynience in the gut, an' begad they called thimselves a Reserve—bein' impident by natur'!

Begad, I cud ha' hiked the sun out av the sky for a live coal to my pipe, so magnificent I was.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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