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Definition of egad in English: egadexclamation ɪˈɡadiˈɡæd archaic Expressing surprise, anger, or affirmation. 〈古〉天哪，喔唷（表示吃惊、愤怒或肯定） Example sentencesExamples - Of course, there's the predictable financial concerns (especially when I worked out yesterday how much, on average, I spend a week: egad!)
- The revelation that this crisis is really about - egad!
- In the University Parks, they were playing games I didn't know existed when I was young: lacrosse with mixed teams, egad!
- You stumble off a long flight, catch a glimpse of your mug in the mirror, and - egad!
OriginLate 17th century: representing earlier A God. Rhymesad, add, Allahabad, bad, Baghdad, bedad, begad, cad, Chad, clad, dad, fad, forbade, gad, glad, grad, had, lad, mad, pad, plaid, rad, Riyadh, sad, scad, shad, Strad, tad, trad Definition of egad in US English: egad(also egads) exclamationēˈɡadiˈɡæd archaic Expressing surprise, anger, or affirmation. 〈古〉天哪，喔唷（表示吃惊、愤怒或肯定） Example sentencesExamples - Of course, there's the predictable financial concerns (especially when I worked out yesterday how much, on average, I spend a week: egad!)
- You stumble off a long flight, catch a glimpse of your mug in the mirror, and - egad!
- The revelation that this crisis is really about - egad!
- In the University Parks, they were playing games I didn't know existed when I was young: lacrosse with mixed teams, egad!
OriginLate 17th century: representing earlier A God. |