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Gad, n.5 Now rare exc. arch.|gæd|
[Minced pronunciation of god. Cf. agad, egad.]
1. Substituted for God, in various phrases, chiefly asseverative or exclamatory; esp. in by Gad!
1611Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Burn. Pestle Induct., By gad, if any of them all blow wind in the tail on him, I'll be hanged. 1663Dryden Wild Gallant i. i, He's a bold fellow, I vow to gad. 1741Richardson Pamela II. 230 A Challenge, A Challenge, by Gad! 1771Foote Maid of B. iii. Wks. 1799 II. 237 Mercy a Gad! 1777Sheridan Trip to Scarborough v. ii, Gad take me, but they are all in a story! 1840Thackeray Bedford-Row Conspir. ii, By gad, sir..I never will give you a shilling. 1875W. S. Hayward Love agst. World 44 If either of the young dogs wants to quarrel, by gad, sir, he shall quarrel with me.
b. Elliptically = ‘God give’. (Cf. ‘God ye good den,’ Shakes. Rom. & Jul. ii. iv. 116.) quasi-arch.
1849James Woodman xv, Gad ye good night, lords and ladies.
c. Gads me, Gads my life: ? God save me, my life.
1632Massinger & Field Fatal Dowry iii. i, Gads me! he's angry. 1694Congreve Double Dealer ii. iv, Gad's my life, the man's distracted! 1764Foote Mayor of G. i. Wks. 1799 I. 174 Gad's my life, sure as a gun that's her voice.
2. quasi-int. perhaps by omission of ‘by’.
1608R. Armin Nest Ninn. (1842) 5 And, gad, she will. 1679Dryden Tr. & Cr. iii. i, Gad, that's exceeding foolish. 1831Lytton Godolphin 12 Gad, if I were some years younger, I would join them myself. 1881Besant & Rice Chapl. of Fleet I. 41 Gad! there will be a pretty storm with my lady when she hears it.
3. In various phraseological combinations, as Gadsbobs, Gadsbodikins, Gadsbud, Gadsbudlikins, Gadslid, Gadsniggers, Gadsnigs, Gadsnouns, Gadsokers, Gadsookers, Gadsprecious, Gadswookers, Gadswoons, Gadzookers, Gadzooks, for the explanation of which see the corresponding forms under god 14.
1695Congreve Love for L. iv. vi, *Gads bobs, does he not know me?
1676Wycherley Pl. Dealer iii. i, *Gads⁓bodikins, you puny upstart in the law, to use me so! 1696Southerne Oroonoko i. ii, If my husband were alive, Gads⁓bodykins, you wou'd not use me so.
1694Congreve Double Dealer i. iii, *Gadsbud, much better as it is. 1792Wolcott (P. Pindar) To a Fly Wks. 1812 III. 167 Gadsbud..thou are not dead.
1698Vanbrugh æsop ii. Wks. (Rtldg.) 374/2 Your friend was a witty person, *gadsbudlikins!
1598B. Jonson Ev. Man in Hum. i. i, And by *gads-lid I scorn it. 1657Lust's Domin. iv. v. in Hazl. Dodsley XIV. 164 By Gad's-lid, if I run not After them like a tiger, hough me.
1715tr. C'tess D'Aunoy's Wks. 438 By *Gads-niggers I will have this Pasty.
1651Randolph, etc. Hey for Honesty iii. i, Her will tug out her sword, and, *gads nigs! let her take very many heed, her will carbonado very much legs and arms.
1676Wycherley Pl. Dealer iii. i, *Gads⁓nouns! I love thee more and more.
1687Montague & Prior Hind & P. Transv. 6 *Gadsokers! Mr. Johnson, does your Friend think I mean nothing but a Mouse, by all this? 1672Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Rehearsal ii. v. (Arb.) 65 Ah, gadsookers, I have broke my Nose. 1708Trip to Dunkirk in Harl. Misc. I. 210 The French, as they say..Are coming, gadsookers! to pay us a visit.
1676Wycherley Pl. Dealer iii. i, *Gads-precious! you hectoring person, you, are you wild?
1698Vanbrugh æsop ii. Wks. (Rtldg.) 373/2 *Gadswookers! do people use to ask for folks when they have nothing to say to 'em?
1826Scott Woodst. x, *Gadswoons, I would have a peep.
1694Echard Plautus 197 Tra. You Dog, there's no such Fish. Gripus. *Gad⁓zooks, but there is tho'. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. (1779) II. xxxvii. 25 ‘Gadszooks!’ said he, ‘what business had you with that?’ 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xxiv, Gadzooks, who can help seeing the way to do it? |