'swounds

[ zwoundz, zoundz, zwoondz ]

interjection

, Obsolete.

1. zounds.

swounds

/ zwaʊndz; zaʊndz /

interjection

1. archaic.
   less common spellings of zounds

Word History and Origins

Origin of 'swounds¹

First recorded in 1580–90; 's ³ + wound ¹ + -s ³

Example Sentences

Over streams and fallen trees, and chinquepin ridges; through bogs and myrtle thickets and miles of grape vines—swounds!

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"I suppose that's what you've been expecting me to do—faint all over the place—swounds and vapours," she said, laughing faintly.

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Swounds, but an empty stomach is a craven comrade in a desperate enterprise.

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