'swounds
See also: swounds
English
Etymology
Contraction of God's wounds; see zounds.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zwundz/
Interjection
'swounds
- (archaic) Synonym of zounds.
- 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):
- 'Swounds, show me what thou'lt do.