ads
a variant of ods, a ‘minced’ form of God's, formerly used in various oaths; as adsbud (for God's blood), adsheart (God's heart), etc.
| 1693 Congreve Old Bachelor iii. vi. (1866) 158 Adsbud, who's in fault, mistress of mine? 1741 Richardson Pamela xxi. (1824) I. 271 Ads-dines, madam, said he, what of all that! Ibid. xxviii. I. 45 Ads-heartikins! you young gentlemen are made of iron and steel, I think. 1751 Smollett Per. Pic. lxxxvii. (1779) IV. 35 Adsoocks! ye baggage, cried the lover. 1812 H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr. (1873) 94 I'll catch at the handle, add's life! |