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egad
[ ih-gad, ee-gad ]
interjection
- (used as an expletive or mild oath):
Egad, I never thought of that!
egad
/ ɪˈɡæd; iːˈɡæd /
interjection
- archaic.a mild oath or expression of surprise
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Word History and Origins
Origin of egad1
First recorded in 1665–75; euphemistic alteration of oh God!
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Word History and Origins
Origin of egad1
C17: probably variant of Ah God!
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Example Sentences
Egad, I thought, has Schnittman now lost faith in the promise of a vast galactic universe of content?
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We have only to stretch out our hands to gather it in—more than we want, egad!
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I never heard any one not in a book say "egad" before, so I saw something really out of the way was indeed up.
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"Egad, I should think so," interrupted a red-whiskered squire, in splashed top-boots.
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This of course I don't know; but you will remember that Richelieu and Marlborough could not spell, and egad!
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“Egad,” cried Drake, with strange cheerfulness, in spite of his disappointment.
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