cussn.

Brit.

/kʌs/, U.S.

/kəs/

Forms: 1700s– cuss, 1800s cus.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: curse n.

Etymology: Representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation of curse n. (reflecting assimilatory loss of /r/). Compare cuss v.In sense 2 apparently reinforced by association with customer n. 6.

colloquial.

a. A curse or affliction, esp. one sent by God; a cause of ruin; a scourge, a blight. Now rare.In quot. 1771 in Gad's cuss, used as an oath (cf. Gad n.² 1, god n. and int. Phrases 3b).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > curse > [noun] > as everyday imprecation

oatha1225

malisonc1300

reproach1485

thunderbolt1559

revilement1577

thunder-crack1577

revile1579

ban1590

wish1597

thunder-clap1610

expletive1647

rapper1675

cuss1771

winze1786

Goddammit1800

goddam1828

dirty word1842

blank1854

emphatic1868

swear1871

sailor's blessing1876

blessing1878

goldarn1879

swear-word1883

rounder1885

curse-word1897

dang1906

sailor's farewell1937

1771 Court & City Mag. Feb. 88/2 Should any Fribble Critics dare to dem, Gad's cuss—I'll throw a chicken glove at them.

1838 Lit. Gaz. 7 July 419/1 I'm no advocate of slavery..it's bad for the niggers, worse for the masters, and a cuss to any country.

1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ix. 139 Them Rank infidels thet go agin the Scriptur'l cus o' Shem.

1879 G. R. Sims Dagonet Ballads 3 Lor, what a cuss is drink!

1887 W. S. Gilbert Ruddigore i. 23 Who should have inherited your title, and with it, its cuss.

1939 in T. E. Terrill & J. Hirsch Such as Us (1978) 34 Jesus 'peared fore me and says: ‘I will redeem you and take away de cuss of Adam.’

1947 V. Randolph Ozark Superstitions iv. 53 It is bad luck to drop a dishrag anyhow, and many women take the cuss off by throwing a pinch of salt over the left shoulder immediately.

b. An act of cursing or swearing, esp. at a person. Now chiefly: an expletive, esp. a profanity or swear word (cf. cuss word n. at Compounds).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [noun]

cursea1050

malisonc1300

woea1425

evil thee1509

thunderbolt1559

vae1559

thunder-crack1577

ban1590

wish1597

anathema1603

imprecation1603

execration1605

thunder-clap1610

deprecationa1661

effulminationa1670

Maranatha1769

winze1786

cuss1829

sailor's blessing1876

blessing1878

sailor's farewell1937

1829 S. Reynolds Jrnl. 17 Aug. (1989) I. 278 In evening had a long cuss—told her to take her choice—stay or go.

1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma lxxiv. 320 So with compliments to Billy, and muttered ‘cusses’ at Luff, they trotted down Oxclose Lane.

1938 E. Goudge Towers in Mist (1998) vi. 126 They could now swear as much as they liked and get nothing worse than a fine of twelve pence per cuss overheard by authority.

1998 L. A. Urrea Nobody's Son (2002) i. 5 She tended to work up a good cuss when she was beyond her limit of endurance.

2004 Snoop Aug. 24/1 They sat down and listened to it with me. The amount of swear words and cusses. I was so embarrassed.

2. Originally U.S. Originally: a contemptible or worthless person, a good-for-nothing. Later more generally, usually with modifying word: a person of a specified (esp. stubborn or difficult) character or type (used either depreciatively or affectionately). Also in extended use with reference to an animal or object. Cf. customer n. 6, cussed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > [noun]

hadc900

lifesmaneOE

maneOE

world-maneOE

ghostOE

wyeOE

lifeOE

son of manOE

wightc1175

soulc1180

earthmanc1225

foodc1225

person?c1225

creaturec1300

bodyc1325

beera1382

poppetc1390

flippera1400

wat1399

corsec1400

mortal?a1425

deadly?c1450

hec1450

personagec1485

wretcha1500

human1509

mundane1509

member1525

worma1556

homo1561

piece of flesh1567

sconce1567

squirrel?1567

fellow creature1572

Adamite1581

bloat herringa1586

earthling1593

mother's child1594

stuff1598

a piece of flesh1600

wagtail1607

bosom1608

fragment1609

boots1623

tick1631

worthy1649

earthlies1651

snap1653

pippin1665

being1666

personal1678

personality1678

sooterkin1680

party1686

worldling1687

human being1694

water-wagtail1694

noddle1705

human subject1712

piece of work1713

somebody1724

terrestrial1726

anybody1733

individual1742

character1773

cuss1775

jig1781

thingy1787

bod1788

curse1790

his nabs1790

article1796

Earthite1814

critter1815

potato1815

personeityc1816

nibs1821

somebody1826

tellurian1828

case1832

tangata1840

prawn1845

nigger1848

nut1856

Snooks1860

mug1865

outfit1867

to deliver the goods1870

hairpin1879

baby1880

possum1894

hot tamale1895

babe1900

jobbie1902

virile1903

cup of tea1908

skin1914

pisser1918

number1919

job1927

apple1928

mush1936

face1944

jong1956

naked ape1965

oke1970

punter1975

1775 G. Dorrance in Narragansett Hist. Reg. (1885) Apr. 263 A man that..was noted for a damn cuss.

1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ii. 18 The everlastin' cus he stuck his one-pronged pitchfork in me.

1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 706/2 The ‘horned toad’ is distinctly an ‘amoosin cuss’.

1883 Cent. Mag. 26 285 The concern is run by a lot of cusses who have failed in various branches of literature themselves.

1902 J. Masefield Salt-water Ballads 46 The old contrairy cuss Started a plate, an' settled an' sank, an' that was the end of us.

1922 S. Lewis Babbitt x. 145 The old-fashioned coon was a fine old cuss..but these young dinges don't want to be porters or cotton-pickers.

1945 G. Mitchell Rising of Moon iii. 32 Those circus people are funny sort of cusses. Not a word to say for themselves.

1974 O. Clark Diary 23 Mar. (1998) 8 Kasmin called me a silly cuss—we had words.

2014 Daily Tel. 2 July 19/4 The baby, however, delayed her arrival until I could get back—and she has been a contrary cuss ever since.

Phrases

not to matter (also be worth) a cuss and variants: not to matter in the slightest; to be completely unimportant. Also not to give (also care) a cuss and variants: not to care in the slightest; to be completely indifferent, unconcerned, or uninterested. Cf. curse n. 2c, damn n. Phrases 2.For corresponding phrases with tinker's cuss, see tinker n.¹ Phrases 2.

ΚΠ

1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Royal Visit Exeter iii. 26 Parlaver is not worth a cuss.

1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 108 Thar war jest enough light to tell that snags wur plenty, and jest enough corn juice inside to make a fellar not care a cuss fur 'em.

1851 Knickerbocker June 554 That clock you sold me ain't worth a continental cuss.

1894 Washington Post 17 June 23/4 He said he didn't give a cuss.

1918 W. S. B. Wilson Let. 15 Sept. in L. Housman War Lett. of Fallen Englishmen (1930) 305 If you go over the top at 5.30 an aeroplane at three doesn't matter a cuss.

1990 C. Graham Murder at Madingley Grange (1991) 8 You don't give a tuppenny cuss, do you? I can starve to death as far as you're concerned.

2015 Independent on Sat. (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 8 Aug. (Sport section) 28 Today is not a formality but the result doesn't matter a cuss.

Compounds

cuss word n. originally and chiefly U.S. an expletive, esp. a profanity or swear word; cf. curse-word n. at curse n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1863 Hartford (Wisconsin) Home League 4 July 1/2 I shoodn't wonder ef he was goin to call me a abolitioner agane, prefaced with a cuss word.

1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xlvii. 334 Beg your pardon, friend, for coming so near saying a cuss-word.

1943 T. W. Lawson Thirty Seconds over Tokyo viii. 146 It had a few cuss words in it that made her blush as she read them.

2014 Toronto Star (Nexis) 23 Jan. gt1 To grow up Jamaican is to be forever exposed to the colourful, inventive variety of cuss words spewed from the rum shop.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

cussv.

Brit.

/kʌs/, U.S.

/kəs/

Forms: 1700s– cuss, 1800s cus, 1800s cust (past participle).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: curse v.

Etymology: Representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation of curse v. (reflecting assimilatory loss of /r/). Compare cuss n., cussed adv.

colloquial.

1. transitive. In oaths and imprecations, expressing anger, surprise, dismissal, etc. Cf. damn v. 6. In later use chiefly U.S.

a. In the optative with no subject expressed, as cuss it, cuss me, etc. Cf. curse v. 2c. Now somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (transitive)]

swearOE

to swear by ——c1220

cuss1779

oath1834

1779 S. J. Pratt Tutor of Truth I. iii. 12 Cuss me, if I believe you understand half you say, yourself.

1809 A. B. Lindsley Love & Friendship i. 10 Cuss you! cuss you Jonathan!

1841 W. M. Thackeray Hist. Samuel Titmarsh xi, in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 718/2 Have him in..for, cuss me, I like to see a rogue.

1906 H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 9 Cuss it all!

1944 Life 12 June 13/1 Their locution differs slightly. When Jones is called ‘adorable’, he says, ‘Cuss me ef Ah hain't’.

1986 L. L'Amour Trail to Crazy Man ix. 51 Try it, cuss it! Try it now, and I'll blow you out of that saddle so full of lead you'll sink a foot into the ground!

b. In passive. Frequently with if-clause, esp. expressing defiant refusal to do something, e.g. I'll be cussed if I'm going to help.

ΚΠ

1830 Observer 6 Dec. Being reminded of his promise to vote, and asked why he did not perform it, the obstinate knight of the cleaver replied—‘I'll be cussed if I go to the poll.’

1836 J. White in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 126/2 Pretty fowl this, considering it's a foreigner—cust if I couldn't eat three sich!—but you've some pudding or other, I daresay, to make up for its being so small?

1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ix. 127 I wish I may be cust, Ef Bellers wuzn't slim enough to say he wouldn't trust!

1893 Forest & Stream 16 Feb. 141/1 He tripped on a mat of grapevines... Slowly getting up,..he relieved his feelings with these words: ‘Well, I'll be cussed; if I reach home alive to-night I shall be thankful.’

1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 ix. 100 Cussed if I wouldn't 'a' give six pesos, U.S. to 'a' seen that cougar a-fannin' you!

1999 R. P. Evans Looking Glass xxvi. 272 He turned over three aces. ‘Even asses get lucky now and then.’ ‘Well I'll be cussed,’ said one of the men.

2015 S. Gibbs Big Game v. 68 I don't know if it's a poacher going for her horn.., or some knucklehead just trying to cause trouble, but I'll be cussed if I'm gonna let them succeed.

a. transitive. To curse or swear at; to attack verbally or rebuke, esp. with obscene or profane language. Cf. curse v. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)] > abuse, scold, or wrangle

chidec1230

revilea1393

to call (rarely to speak) (all) to naught1542

vituperate1542

abuse1592

to speak or look daggers1603

outrage1608

cuss1831

slangwhang1880

strafe1915

slag1958

name-call1960

the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)] > swear or use profanity

waryc1000

spew?c1225

flavour1542

vomit1592

spawl1640

cuss1831

explete1902

adjective1906

1831 Hist. Amer. Baptist Afr. & Haytien Missions 15 Suppose a man can cuss me—me can cuss im too.

1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow II. xx. 244 I hit the 'oss on the 'ead, and cuss the bit of his master!

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxi. 116 Am I to thank thee, Fortun', or to cus thee—which?

1964 J. Thompson Pop. 1280 ix. 62 He cussed me; he cussed the crowd. Then, he jumped on his mare and rode away.

2004 N. Barham Dis/Connected 27 Skateboarders cuss each other, just because it is fun.

b. transitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. With out. To swear at or attack verbally; esp. to overcome or drive away by swearing; to rebuke or criticize severely.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)]

waryc725

accurselOE

forcurse1154

cursec1175

for-waryc1175

bana1275

ashend1297

to bid (something) misadventurec1330

shrew1338

beshrew1377

maledighta1400

to fare (also go, come) to mischancec1400

defyc1430

destinya1450

condemn1489

detest1533

adjure1539

beshrompa1549

widdle1552

becurse1570

malison1588

consecrate1589

exaugurate1600

execrate1612

imprecate1616

blasta1634

damna1640

vote1644

to swear at ——1680

devote1749

maledict1780

comminate1801

bless1814

peste1824

cuss1863

bedamn1875

mugger1951

1863 W. S. White Jrnl. 5 Oct. in Diary of War (1883) 224 We devote ourselves to ‘cussin out’ the whole business.

1876 Goshen (Indiana) Democrat 26 Apr. When I ax her fur dat money back agin, she jis cussed me out from head to heels.

1901 S. E. White Westerners xvi. 134 Clearly he could not ‘cuss out’ the delinquents as they deserved.

1942 Life 2 Mar. 51/2 A guy stuck his head out of the turret but didn't say anything. I cussed him out. He banged the lid down and all hell broke loose.

2003 U.S. News & World Rep. 17 Feb. 8/3 Courtney Love..cussed out a Virgin Airlines flight attendant and was taken into police custody.

3. intransitive. To curse or swear; to use obscene or profane language. Also in extended use. Cf. curse v. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [verb (intransitive)] > as everyday imprecation

adjure1585

cuss1838

the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or use profanity

curse?c1225

oathc1450

swearc1450

to swear like a lord1531

profanea1643

sink1663

rip1772

cuss1838

to let out1840

explete1902

eff1943

foul-mouth1960

1838 Southern Lit. Jrnl. May 357 I say obshaa, massau no low dis; un he cuss at you!

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xiii. 115 Dammin and cussin up stairs and down stairs.

1873 T. B. Aldrich Marjorie Daw 110 A vicious drop of rain..fell upon the wick of our tallow candle, making it ‘cuss’, as Ned Strong described it.

1936 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 14 Mar. 31/1 ‘Crab and cuss’, he directed. ‘Get it out of your system.’

1991 E. Currie Dope & Trouble iii. iv. 227 He started cussing at me in Spanish.

2007 Time Out N.Y. 11 Oct. 171/4 Nerdy linguists that cuss? Love it!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cuss
释义	cussn. Brit. /kʌs/, U.S. /kəs/ Forms: 1700s– cuss, 1800s cus. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: curse n. Etymology: Representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation of curse n. (reflecting assimilatory loss of /r/). Compare cuss v.In sense 2 apparently reinforced by association with customer n. 6. colloquial. 1. a. A curse or affliction, esp. one sent by God; a cause of ruin; a scourge, a blight. Now rare.In quot. 1771 in Gad's cuss, used as an oath (cf. Gad n.² 1, god n. and int. Phrases 3b). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > curse > [noun] > as everyday imprecation oatha1225 malisonc1300 reproach1485 thunderbolt1559 revilement1577 thunder-crack1577 revile1579 ban1590 wish1597 thunder-clap1610 expletive1647 rapper1675 cuss1771 winze1786 Goddammit1800 goddam1828 dirty word1842 blank1854 emphatic1868 swear1871 sailor's blessing1876 blessing1878 goldarn1879 swear-word1883 rounder1885 curse-word1897 dang1906 sailor's farewell1937 1771 Court & City Mag. Feb. 88/2 Should any Fribble Critics dare to dem, Gad's cuss—I'll throw a chicken glove at them. 1838 Lit. Gaz. 7 July 419/1 I'm no advocate of slavery..it's bad for the niggers, worse for the masters, and a cuss to any country. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ix. 139 Them Rank infidels thet go agin the Scriptur'l cus o' Shem. 1879 G. R. Sims Dagonet Ballads 3 Lor, what a cuss is drink! 1887 W. S. Gilbert Ruddigore i. 23 Who should have inherited your title, and with it, its cuss. 1939 in T. E. Terrill & J. Hirsch Such as Us (1978) 34 Jesus 'peared fore me and says: ‘I will redeem you and take away de cuss of Adam.’ 1947 V. Randolph Ozark Superstitions iv. 53 It is bad luck to drop a dishrag anyhow, and many women take the cuss off by throwing a pinch of salt over the left shoulder immediately. b. An act of cursing or swearing, esp. at a person. Now chiefly: an expletive, esp. a profanity or swear word (cf. cuss word n. at Compounds). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] cursea1050 malisonc1300 woea1425 evil thee1509 thunderbolt1559 vae1559 thunder-crack1577 ban1590 wish1597 anathema1603 imprecation1603 execration1605 thunder-clap1610 deprecationa1661 effulminationa1670 Maranatha1769 winze1786 cuss1829 sailor's blessing1876 blessing1878 sailor's farewell1937 1829 S. Reynolds Jrnl. 17 Aug. (1989) I. 278 In evening had a long cuss—told her to take her choice—stay or go. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma lxxiv. 320 So with compliments to Billy, and muttered ‘cusses’ at Luff, they trotted down Oxclose Lane. 1938 E. Goudge Towers in Mist (1998) vi. 126 They could now swear as much as they liked and get nothing worse than a fine of twelve pence per cuss overheard by authority. 1998 L. A. Urrea Nobody's Son (2002) i. 5 She tended to work up a good cuss when she was beyond her limit of endurance. 2004 Snoop Aug. 24/1 They sat down and listened to it with me. The amount of swear words and cusses. I was so embarrassed. 2. Originally U.S. Originally: a contemptible or worthless person, a good-for-nothing. Later more generally, usually with modifying word: a person of a specified (esp. stubborn or difficult) character or type (used either depreciatively or affectionately). Also in extended use with reference to an animal or object. Cf. customer n. 6, cussed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [noun] hadc900 lifesmaneOE maneOE world-maneOE ghostOE wyeOE lifeOE son of manOE wightc1175 soulc1180 earthmanc1225 foodc1225 person?c1225 creaturec1300 bodyc1325 beera1382 poppetc1390 flippera1400 wat1399 corsec1400 mortal?a1425 deadly?c1450 hec1450 personagec1485 wretcha1500 human1509 mundane1509 member1525 worma1556 homo1561 piece of flesh1567 sconce1567 squirrel?1567 fellow creature1572 Adamite1581 bloat herringa1586 earthling1593 mother's child1594 stuff1598 a piece of flesh1600 wagtail1607 bosom1608 fragment1609 boots1623 tick1631 worthy1649 earthlies1651 snap1653 pippin1665 being1666 personal1678 personality1678 sooterkin1680 party1686 worldling1687 human being1694 water-wagtail1694 noddle1705 human subject1712 piece of work1713 somebody1724 terrestrial1726 anybody1733 individual1742 character1773 cuss1775 jig1781 thingy1787 bod1788 curse1790 his nabs1790 article1796 Earthite1814 critter1815 potato1815 personeityc1816 nibs1821 somebody1826 tellurian1828 case1832 tangata1840 prawn1845 nigger1848 nut1856 Snooks1860 mug1865 outfit1867 to deliver the goods1870 hairpin1879 baby1880 possum1894 hot tamale1895 babe1900 jobbie1902 virile1903 cup of tea1908 skin1914 pisser1918 number1919 job1927 apple1928 mush1936 face1944 jong1956 naked ape1965 oke1970 punter1975 1775 G. Dorrance in Narragansett Hist. Reg. (1885) Apr. 263 A man that..was noted for a damn cuss. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ii. 18 The everlastin' cus he stuck his one-pronged pitchfork in me. 1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 706/2 The ‘horned toad’ is distinctly an ‘amoosin cuss’. 1883 Cent. Mag. 26 285 The concern is run by a lot of cusses who have failed in various branches of literature themselves. 1902 J. Masefield Salt-water Ballads 46 The old contrairy cuss Started a plate, an' settled an' sank, an' that was the end of us. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt x. 145 The old-fashioned coon was a fine old cuss..but these young dinges don't want to be porters or cotton-pickers. 1945 G. Mitchell Rising of Moon iii. 32 Those circus people are funny sort of cusses. Not a word to say for themselves. 1974 O. Clark Diary 23 Mar. (1998) 8 Kasmin called me a silly cuss—we had words. 2014 Daily Tel. 2 July 19/4 The baby, however, delayed her arrival until I could get back—and she has been a contrary cuss ever since. Phrases not to matter (also be worth) a cuss and variants: not to matter in the slightest; to be completely unimportant. Also not to give (also care) a cuss and variants: not to care in the slightest; to be completely indifferent, unconcerned, or uninterested. Cf. curse n. 2c, damn n. Phrases 2.For corresponding phrases with tinker's cuss, see tinker n.¹ Phrases 2. ΚΠ 1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Royal Visit Exeter iii. 26 Parlaver is not worth a cuss. 1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 108 Thar war jest enough light to tell that snags wur plenty, and jest enough corn juice inside to make a fellar not care a cuss fur 'em. 1851 Knickerbocker June 554 That clock you sold me ain't worth a continental cuss. 1894 Washington Post 17 June 23/4 He said he didn't give a cuss. 1918 W. S. B. Wilson Let. 15 Sept. in L. Housman War Lett. of Fallen Englishmen (1930) 305 If you go over the top at 5.30 an aeroplane at three doesn't matter a cuss. 1990 C. Graham Murder at Madingley Grange (1991) 8 You don't give a tuppenny cuss, do you? I can starve to death as far as you're concerned. 2015 Independent on Sat. (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 8 Aug. (Sport section) 28 Today is not a formality but the result doesn't matter a cuss. Compounds cuss word n. originally and chiefly U.S. an expletive, esp. a profanity or swear word; cf. curse-word n. at curse n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1863 Hartford (Wisconsin) Home League 4 July 1/2 I shoodn't wonder ef he was goin to call me a abolitioner agane, prefaced with a cuss word. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xlvii. 334 Beg your pardon, friend, for coming so near saying a cuss-word. 1943 T. W. Lawson Thirty Seconds over Tokyo viii. 146 It had a few cuss words in it that made her blush as she read them. 2014 Toronto Star (Nexis) 23 Jan. gt1 To grow up Jamaican is to be forever exposed to the colourful, inventive variety of cuss words spewed from the rum shop. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cussv. Brit. /kʌs/, U.S. /kəs/ Forms: 1700s– cuss, 1800s cus, 1800s cust (past participle). Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: curse v. Etymology: Representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation of curse v. (reflecting assimilatory loss of /r/). Compare cuss n., cussed adv. colloquial. 1. transitive. In oaths and imprecations, expressing anger, surprise, dismissal, etc. Cf. damn v. 6. In later use chiefly U.S. a. In the optative with no subject expressed, as cuss it, cuss me, etc. Cf. curse v. 2c. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (transitive)] swearOE to swear by ——c1220 cuss1779 oath1834 1779 S. J. Pratt Tutor of Truth I. iii. 12 Cuss me, if I believe you understand half you say, yourself. 1809 A. B. Lindsley Love & Friendship i. 10 Cuss you! cuss you Jonathan! 1841 W. M. Thackeray Hist. Samuel Titmarsh xi, in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 718/2 Have him in..for, cuss me, I like to see a rogue. 1906 H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 9 Cuss it all! 1944 Life 12 June 13/1 Their locution differs slightly. When Jones is called ‘adorable’, he says, ‘Cuss me ef Ah hain't’. 1986 L. L'Amour Trail to Crazy Man ix. 51 Try it, cuss it! Try it now, and I'll blow you out of that saddle so full of lead you'll sink a foot into the ground! b. In passive. Frequently with if-clause, esp. expressing defiant refusal to do something, e.g. I'll be cussed if I'm going to help. ΚΠ 1830 Observer 6 Dec. Being reminded of his promise to vote, and asked why he did not perform it, the obstinate knight of the cleaver replied—‘I'll be cussed if I go to the poll.’ 1836 J. White in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 126/2 Pretty fowl this, considering it's a foreigner—cust if I couldn't eat three sich!—but you've some pudding or other, I daresay, to make up for its being so small? 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ix. 127 I wish I may be cust, Ef Bellers wuzn't slim enough to say he wouldn't trust! 1893 Forest & Stream 16 Feb. 141/1 He tripped on a mat of grapevines... Slowly getting up,..he relieved his feelings with these words: ‘Well, I'll be cussed; if I reach home alive to-night I shall be thankful.’ 1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 ix. 100 Cussed if I wouldn't 'a' give six pesos, U.S. to 'a' seen that cougar a-fannin' you! 1999 R. P. Evans Looking Glass xxvi. 272 He turned over three aces. ‘Even asses get lucky now and then.’ ‘Well I'll be cussed,’ said one of the men. 2015 S. Gibbs Big Game v. 68 I don't know if it's a poacher going for her horn.., or some knucklehead just trying to cause trouble, but I'll be cussed if I'm gonna let them succeed. 2. a. transitive. To curse or swear at; to attack verbally or rebuke, esp. with obscene or profane language. Cf. curse v. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)] > abuse, scold, or wrangle chidec1230 revilea1393 to call (rarely to speak) (all) to naught1542 vituperate1542 abuse1592 to speak or look daggers1603 outrage1608 cuss1831 slangwhang1880 strafe1915 slag1958 name-call1960 the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)] > swear or use profanity waryc1000 spew?c1225 flavour1542 vomit1592 spawl1640 cuss1831 explete1902 adjective1906 1831 Hist. Amer. Baptist Afr. & Haytien Missions 15 Suppose a man can cuss me—me can cuss im too. 1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow II. xx. 244 I hit the 'oss on the 'ead, and cuss the bit of his master! 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxi. 116 Am I to thank thee, Fortun', or to cus thee—which? 1964 J. Thompson Pop. 1280 ix. 62 He cussed me; he cussed the crowd. Then, he jumped on his mare and rode away. 2004 N. Barham Dis/Connected 27 Skateboarders cuss each other, just because it is fun. b. transitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. With out. To swear at or attack verbally; esp. to overcome or drive away by swearing; to rebuke or criticize severely. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)] waryc725 accurselOE forcurse1154 cursec1175 for-waryc1175 bana1275 ashend1297 to bid (something) misadventurec1330 shrew1338 beshrew1377 maledighta1400 to fare (also go, come) to mischancec1400 defyc1430 destinya1450 condemn1489 detest1533 adjure1539 beshrompa1549 widdle1552 becurse1570 malison1588 consecrate1589 exaugurate1600 execrate1612 imprecate1616 blasta1634 damna1640 vote1644 to swear at ——1680 devote1749 maledict1780 comminate1801 bless1814 peste1824 cuss1863 bedamn1875 mugger1951 1863 W. S. White Jrnl. 5 Oct. in Diary of War (1883) 224 We devote ourselves to ‘cussin out’ the whole business. 1876 Goshen (Indiana) Democrat 26 Apr. When I ax her fur dat money back agin, she jis cussed me out from head to heels. 1901 S. E. White Westerners xvi. 134 Clearly he could not ‘cuss out’ the delinquents as they deserved. 1942 Life 2 Mar. 51/2 A guy stuck his head out of the turret but didn't say anything. I cussed him out. He banged the lid down and all hell broke loose. 2003 U.S. News & World Rep. 17 Feb. 8/3 Courtney Love..cussed out a Virgin Airlines flight attendant and was taken into police custody. 3. intransitive. To curse or swear; to use obscene or profane language. Also in extended use. Cf. curse v. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [verb (intransitive)] > as everyday imprecation adjure1585 cuss1838 the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or use profanity curse?c1225 oathc1450 swearc1450 to swear like a lord1531 profanea1643 sink1663 rip1772 cuss1838 to let out1840 explete1902 eff1943 foul-mouth1960 1838 Southern Lit. Jrnl. May 357 I say obshaa, massau no low dis; un he cuss at you! 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xiii. 115 Dammin and cussin up stairs and down stairs. 1873 T. B. Aldrich Marjorie Daw 110 A vicious drop of rain..fell upon the wick of our tallow candle, making it ‘cuss’, as Ned Strong described it. 1936 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 14 Mar. 31/1 ‘Crab and cuss’, he directed. ‘Get it out of your system.’ 1991 E. Currie Dope & Trouble iii. iv. 227 He started cussing at me in Spanish. 2007 Time Out N.Y. 11 Oct. 171/4 Nerdy linguists that cuss? Love it! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1771v.1779
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