† aˈgad, int. Obs.
[A euphemistic alteration of O God! earlier A God!]
An expletive expressive of strength of feeling, conviction, etc.; = egad.
| 1728 Fielding Love in Sev. Masques i. v. Agad, and that opinion is not singular. 1752 C. Lennox Fem. Quixote vii. xiii. II. 168 Agad! I have no great mind to a halter. |