bejesusint.n.

Brit.

/bᵻˈdʒiːzəs/,

/bᵻˈdʒiːzəz/, U.S.

/bəˈdʒizəs/,

/bəˈdʒizəz/

Forms: 1800s bejazes, 1800s– bejases, 1800s– bejasus Brit.

/bᵻˈdʒeɪzəs/,

/bᵻˈdʒeɪzəz/, U.S.

/bəˈdʒeɪzəs/,

/bəˈdʒeɪzəz/, 1800s– bejazus, 1900s– b'jesus, 1900s– beejesus, 1900s– bejaysus, 1900s– bejeezis, 1900s– bejeezus, 1900s– bejesus, 1900s– bejeysus, 1900s– byjaycus, 2000s– b'jasus; In early use usually as two words.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: by Jesus at Jesus n., int., and adj. Phrases 2.

Etymology: Representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation (chiefly Irish English) of by Jesus at Jesus n., int., and adj. Phrases 2; compare the Irish English forms at Jesus n., int., and adj. Compare earlier bedad int.With the phrase to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing) compare to —— the Jesus out of (a person or thing) at Jesus n., int., and adj. Phrases 5.

A. int.

Used as an oath expressing assertion; also as an exclamation expressing surprise, disbelief, exasperation, etc.Frequently in representations of regional speech (chiefly Irish English).

ΚΠ

1825 W. Cobbett Big O & Sir Glory i. ii. 13 Be Jases (clenching his fists at Howitzer), I'll...

1834 R. H. Horne Spirit Peers & People i. vi. 72 Be jazes! and we're the boys that will niver lave ye at all, misther Jaques; so we won't.

1864 Harper's Mag. Oct. 593/1 Bejazes, are ye going to spake to me no more at all, at all?

1868 Wilmington (Illinois) Independent 12 Aug. Colonel Carroll had just concluded a most happy and fiery speech..when a Democrat who stood in the suburbs of the meeting sung out: ‘It's aisy talkin', Kornel Carroll, but be Jasus we will show you something next Fall!’

1934 E. Newhouse You can't sleep Here viii. 101 I got to studying if I would give ten years of me life to have her like I used to say I would and bejeezus I wouldn't now.

1960 Guardian 28 Feb. 8/3 She would put her fingers in her ears and scream: ‘Bejasus, will ye stop it?’

1999 F. McCourt 'Tis xxviii. 227 The man grumbled and said, All right, all right. Bejesus, the charity cases is gettin' very particular these days.

B. n.

1. colloquial. In to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing): to —— (a person or thing) to an excessive or violent degree.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person

to-beatc893

threshOE

bustc1225

to lay on or upon?c1225

berrya1250

to-bunea1250

touchc1330

arrayc1380

byfrapc1380

boxc1390

swinga1400

forbeatc1420

peal?a1425

routa1425

noddlea1450

forslinger1481

wipe1523

trima1529

baste1533

waulk1533

slip1535

peppera1550

bethwack1555

kembc1566

to beat (a person) black and blue1568

beswinge1568

paik1568

trounce1568

canvass1573

swaddle?1577

bebaste1582

besoop1589

bumfeage1589

dry-beat1589

feague1589

lamback1589

clapperclaw1590

thrash1593

belam1595

lam1595

beswaddle1598

bumfeagle1598

belabour1600

tew1600

flesh-baste1611

dust1612

feeze1612

mill1612

verberate1614

bethumpa1616

rebuke1619

bemaul1620

tabor1624

maula1627

batterfang1630

dry-baste1630

lambaste1637

thunder-thump1637

cullis1639

dry-banga1640

nuddle1640

sauce1651

feak1652

cotton1654

fustigate1656

brush1665

squab1668

raddle1677

to tan (a person's) hide1679

slam1691

bebump1694

to give (a person) his load1694

fag1699

towel1705

to kick a person's butt1741

fum1790

devel1807

bray1808

to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813

mug1818

to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821

welt1823

hidea1825

slate1825

targe1825

wallop1825

pounce1827

to lay into1838

flake1841

muzzle1843

paste1846

looder1850

frail1851

snake1859

fettle1863

to do over1866

jacket1875

to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877

to take apart1880

splatter1881

to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884

to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886

to do up1887

to —— (the) hell out of1887

to beat — bells out of a person1890

soak1892

to punch out1893

stoush1893

to work over1903

to beat up1907

to punch up1907

cream1929

shellac1930

to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931

duff1943

clobber1944

to fill in1948

to bash up1954

to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976

to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983

beast1990

becurry-

fan-

1931 R. Benchley in New Yorker 7 Nov. 28/2 In this tremendous play he gives us not one thing that is new, and he gives us nothing to think about..but he does thrill the bejeezus out of us.

1949 ‘J. Tey’ Brat Farrar xv. 136 I know men who'd beat the bejasus out of you for that.

1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 32/3 It scared the bejesus out of me!

2015 A. Titley tr. M. Ó Cadhain Dirty Dust iv. 102 Kerry didn't beat Galway, no way... If only you had seen them that day crushing the bejaysus out of Cavan.

2. With the, as an intensifier in interrogative phrases, as in how the bejesus, what the bejesus, etc., typically expressing impatience, irritation, or surprise.

ΚΠ

1953 J. Aswell Birds & Bees vii. 184 Lee..rose, his face twitching with anger... ‘I get the slammer as acces'ry and I don't know what the bejesus it's all about.’

1979 Alamogordo (New Mexico) Daily News 25 Mar. 4/2 Air cover! Where the bejesus is the air cover?

2017 @awashtell 17 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 30 Sept. 2019) Sometimes I walk along without my glasses/contacts and wonder, how the bejesus did people without these ever manage to cope?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bejesus
释义	bejesusint.n. Brit. /bᵻˈdʒiːzəs/, /bᵻˈdʒiːzəz/, U.S. /bəˈdʒizəs/, /bəˈdʒizəz/ Forms: 1800s bejazes, 1800s– bejases, 1800s– bejasus Brit. /bᵻˈdʒeɪzəs/, /bᵻˈdʒeɪzəz/, U.S. /bəˈdʒeɪzəs/, /bəˈdʒeɪzəz/, 1800s– bejazus, 1900s– b'jesus, 1900s– beejesus, 1900s– bejaysus, 1900s– bejeezis, 1900s– bejeezus, 1900s– bejesus, 1900s– bejeysus, 1900s– byjaycus, 2000s– b'jasus; In early use usually as two words. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: by Jesus at Jesus n., int., and adj. Phrases 2. Etymology: Representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation (chiefly Irish English) of by Jesus at Jesus n., int., and adj. Phrases 2; compare the Irish English forms at Jesus n., int., and adj. Compare earlier bedad int.With the phrase to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing) compare to —— the Jesus out of (a person or thing) at Jesus n., int., and adj. Phrases 5. A. int. Used as an oath expressing assertion; also as an exclamation expressing surprise, disbelief, exasperation, etc.Frequently in representations of regional speech (chiefly Irish English). ΚΠ 1825 W. Cobbett Big O & Sir Glory i. ii. 13 Be Jases (clenching his fists at Howitzer), I'll... 1834 R. H. Horne Spirit Peers & People i. vi. 72 Be jazes! and we're the boys that will niver lave ye at all, misther Jaques; so we won't. 1864 Harper's Mag. Oct. 593/1 Bejazes, are ye going to spake to me no more at all, at all? 1868 Wilmington (Illinois) Independent 12 Aug. Colonel Carroll had just concluded a most happy and fiery speech..when a Democrat who stood in the suburbs of the meeting sung out: ‘It's aisy talkin', Kornel Carroll, but be Jasus we will show you something next Fall!’ 1934 E. Newhouse You can't sleep Here viii. 101 I got to studying if I would give ten years of me life to have her like I used to say I would and bejeezus I wouldn't now. 1960 Guardian 28 Feb. 8/3 She would put her fingers in her ears and scream: ‘Bejasus, will ye stop it?’ 1999 F. McCourt 'Tis xxviii. 227 The man grumbled and said, All right, all right. Bejesus, the charity cases is gettin' very particular these days. B. n. 1. colloquial. In to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing): to —— (a person or thing) to an excessive or violent degree. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person to-beatc893 threshOE bustc1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 berrya1250 to-bunea1250 touchc1330 arrayc1380 byfrapc1380 boxc1390 swinga1400 forbeatc1420 peal?a1425 routa1425 noddlea1450 forslinger1481 wipe1523 trima1529 baste1533 waulk1533 slip1535 peppera1550 bethwack1555 kembc1566 to beat (a person) black and blue1568 beswinge1568 paik1568 trounce1568 canvass1573 swaddle?1577 bebaste1582 besoop1589 bumfeage1589 dry-beat1589 feague1589 lamback1589 clapperclaw1590 thrash1593 belam1595 lam1595 beswaddle1598 bumfeagle1598 belabour1600 tew1600 flesh-baste1611 dust1612 feeze1612 mill1612 verberate1614 bethumpa1616 rebuke1619 bemaul1620 tabor1624 maula1627 batterfang1630 dry-baste1630 lambaste1637 thunder-thump1637 cullis1639 dry-banga1640 nuddle1640 sauce1651 feak1652 cotton1654 fustigate1656 brush1665 squab1668 raddle1677 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slam1691 bebump1694 to give (a person) his load1694 fag1699 towel1705 to kick a person's butt1741 fum1790 devel1807 bray1808 to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813 mug1818 to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821 welt1823 hidea1825 slate1825 targe1825 wallop1825 pounce1827 to lay into1838 flake1841 muzzle1843 paste1846 looder1850 frail1851 snake1859 fettle1863 to do over1866 jacket1875 to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877 to take apart1880 splatter1881 to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884 to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886 to do up1887 to —— (the) hell out of1887 to beat — bells out of a person1890 soak1892 to punch out1893 stoush1893 to work over1903 to beat up1907 to punch up1907 cream1929 shellac1930 to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931 duff1943 clobber1944 to fill in1948 to bash up1954 to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976 to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983 beast1990 becurry- fan- 1931 R. Benchley in New Yorker 7 Nov. 28/2 In this tremendous play he gives us not one thing that is new, and he gives us nothing to think about..but he does thrill the bejeezus out of us. 1949 ‘J. Tey’ Brat Farrar xv. 136 I know men who'd beat the bejasus out of you for that. 1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 32/3 It scared the bejesus out of me! 2015 A. Titley tr. M. Ó Cadhain Dirty Dust iv. 102 Kerry didn't beat Galway, no way... If only you had seen them that day crushing the bejaysus out of Cavan. 2. With the, as an intensifier in interrogative phrases, as in how the bejesus, what the bejesus, etc., typically expressing impatience, irritation, or surprise. ΚΠ 1953 J. Aswell Birds & Bees vii. 184 Lee..rose, his face twitching with anger... ‘I get the slammer as acces'ry and I don't know what the bejesus it's all about.’ 1979 Alamogordo (New Mexico) Daily News 25 Mar. 4/2 Air cover! Where the bejesus is the air cover? 2017 @awashtell 17 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 30 Sept. 2019) Sometimes I walk along without my glasses/contacts and wonder, how the bejesus did people without these ever manage to cope? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < int.n.1825
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