English
Alternative spellings
'zounds
Etymology
Abbreviation of God's wounds, with reference to Christ's wounds before the crucifixion. Compare strewth, blimey, gadzooks, 'sblood.
Pronunciation
IPA|/za�ndz/
Interjection
en-intj
- Expressing anger, surprise, assertion etc.
Quotations
'Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death! � w:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet", 1597
Bounds, mounds, lounds, founds, kounds, downds, rounds, pounds, zounds! � hounds � ha! hounds � I have it. � w:R.M. Ballantyne|R.M. Ballantyne, "The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands", 1870
"Zounds!" he exclaimed. "What the dickens is that?" � w:John Conroy Hutcheson|J.C. Hutcheson, "Bob Strong's Holidays", 1900
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