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单词 lud
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ludn.1

Etymology: Compare Norwegian ludden thick, broad; and see luddock n.
Scottish. Obsolete.
In plural, the buttocks.
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a1568 Bannatyne MS (Hunterian Club) 764 On thair luddis Thay get grit skuddis In nakit bed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

ludint.n.2

Brit. /lʌd/, U.S. /ləd/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: lord n.
Etymology: Representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation of lord n.
A. int.
Used as an exclamation of surprise, emphasis, dismay, etc. Now somewhat archaic.
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a1726 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife (1743) iv. 55 Sir John. This Fellow would have ravish'd me. Watch. Ravish! I Ravish! O lud! O lud! O lud! I Ravish her!
1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 42 O lud! he has almost cracked my head.
a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) iii. i, in Wks. (1821) II. 69 Lud! Sir Peter, I hope you hav'n't been quarrelling with Maria?
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 36 But soldiers, they're the boys to make a rout,..Lud, clowns are almost mad where'er they come.
1900 ‘D. Donovan’ Adventures Tyler Tatlock 278 ‘Oh, lud; oh, lud!’ he cried, ‘there's a murder a-being done!’
1964 U. Bloom Rose of Norfolk ii. iv. 78 What if the plum cake cut heavy? Oh, Lud!
2002 K. Robards Irresistible xxvi. 319 Oh, lud, yes, Lady Dempsey was telling me just the other day.
B. n.2
1. Used for ‘Lord’ in various phrases, as lud knows, lud a mercy, etc. Cf. lord n. and int. Phrases 2. Now somewhat archaic.
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the mind > emotion > exclamation of emotion [interjection]
goodness1623
agad1672
Godsokers1672
Oh dear!1694
law1763
lud1767
Dear me!1773
Lor1776
dear knows!1805
Great God!1819
Great Scott1852
Jehoshaphat1857
lors1860
Great Sun!1867
Great Caesar!1870
gracious me!1884
my (giddy, sainted, etc.) aunt!1886
snakes1891
lieber Gott1898
my gosh!1920
cor1931
1767 G. S. Carey Hills of Hybla 33 To make me soldier 'gainst my will, and go the lud knows where.
1795 Observant Pedestrian II. 199 Lud a mussy, what a mess!
1858 S. H. Elliot New England's Chattels x. 111 As for cooking it, the Lud knows I shan't.
1867 Boy's Yearly Bk. 4/2 Lud a mercy! how awkward you are.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv [Oxen of the Sun] 406 Ludamassy! Pore piccanninies!
1948 E. Baume Devil Lord's Daughter vi. 156 She looked every inch a man, Lud help me.
1986 J. Aiken Dido & Pa i. 12 Lud love us, am I glad you ain't!
2. With my. In representations of the hurried or affected pronunciation used when addressing a judge in court, or by clerks in the House of Lords. Cf. lord n. 10a(c), m'lud n.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > form of address to
my Lordc1300
worshipc1475
Mr Justice1596
justiceship1637
Lord Chief Justiceship1752
Your Honour1832
lud1878
Mrs Justice1903
Madam Justice1957
1772 Gentleman's & London Mag. June 382/1 Now, my Lud! I move your Ludship for a new trial.
1794 New London City Jester 51 A tax on all barristers, who, in each half hour's pleading, said, my lud and your ludship, more than fifteen hundred times.
1830 N. S. Wheaton Jrnl. 198 I could not help noticing the affected way in which they [sc. clerks in the House of Lords] pronounce the words My Lord..as if they were written My Lud.
1878 H. James Partners for Life iii. 46 It seems, my lud, that a certain relative of the plaintiff left a somewhat ridiculous clause in his will.
1899 W. Besant Orange Girl ii. xii. 271 ‘My Lud’, said Mr. Caterham, ‘my case is completed’.
1907 J. Hollingshead Bardell versus Pickwick 5 He has just finished a case in the Lower Court, my lud.
1967 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times VI. 44 My lud and gentleman of the jury, you have now witnessed the greatest miracle since Moses struck the rock.
2001 Belfast Tel. 4 Jan. 16/2 Where it all went horribly wrong, my lud, was the choice of envelope.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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