单词 | od's lifelings |
释义 | > as lemmasOd's lifelings Od's lifelings: (in oaths and asseverations) = (God's) lifelikins at lifelikins n.In later use probably in imitation of Shakespeare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's life (God's) my lifekins1600 Od's lifelingsa1616 'Slifea1634 od's life1681 Gads my life1689 Z'life1689 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 182 Odd's lifelings heere he is. View more context for this quotation 1822 Pamphleteer 21 159 Od's lifelings, we took him for a coward, but he's the very devil incarnate! 1893 New Eng. Mag. Jan. 658/2 'Ods lifelings! wench. Hast not thou and the right worshipful Stradling decided that matter,—and wouldst have my unworthy opinion? od's lifelings Categories » < as lemmas |
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