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ye gods

intj

Etymology

Seventeenth-century British variant of oh my God, probably intended to avoid blasphemy. Compare Danish I guder.

  1. derived from I guder

Definitions

  1. Used to express surprise or incredulity.

    • Ye Gods, what Havock does Ambition make Among your Works!
    • Would he not far rather lay him down lengthwise along the line of the equator; yea, ye gods! go down to the fiery pit itself, in order to keep out this frost?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ye gods. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA