Tanım
•zounds!, swounds!, 'sdeath!, my word! · golly!, zowie!, goodness gracious!, good heavens!, gee whiz!, blast!, doggone!
Diğer Dillerde
heavens! good heavens!
köken: Alteration of sacristi; both euphemisms for an oath on the Sacred Host: Sacrum Corpus Christi.
Portekizcecéus!, credo!, santo Deus!
Etimoloji
Borrowed from French saperlotte (17th century), euphemistic modification of sacredieu, from sacré (nom de) Dieu (literally “holy (name of) God”).