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TARNAL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
: damned . used as a mild imprecation .
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tarnal - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
tarnal (not comparable). (US, slang, euphemistic) damned (as an intensifier). See also. edit · darn · darnation · tarnation. Anagrams.
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TIL the expression 'what in tarnation?' comes from 'tarnal' meaning ...
TIL the expression 'what in tarnation?' comes from 'tarnal' meaning eternal and 'nation' meaning damnation. The phrase is effectively 'What the ...
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tarnal
tarnal, a. (adv.) slang (chiefly U.S.). (ˈtɑːnəl) Aphetic dial. pronunciation of eternal, vulgarly used as an expression of execration, passing into a mere intensive: cf. eternal a. 7. Hence ˈtarnally adv.1790 R. Tyler Contrast ii. ii. (1887) 39 The snarl-headed curs fell a-kicking and cursing of me...
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Tarnal - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Originating in American English around 1790, "ternal" is a minced oath clipped from "by the Eternal" (God), used as a mild profanity meaning everlasting.
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tarnal, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
tarnal is a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: eternal adj. & n. See etymology. Nearby entries. tarleathered, adj.1570–85 ...
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tarnation
tarnation, n., a., adv. slang (chiefly U.S.). (tɑːˈneɪʃən) A variant of darnation, damnation n. 3; app. associated with tarnal. A. as n.1790 R. Tyler Contrast v. i. 68 Tarnation! That's no laughing matter though. 1801 G. Hanger Life II. 151 The Americans say, Tarnation seize me, or swamp me, if I do...
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TARNAL Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Tarnal definition: (prenominal) damned. See examples of TARNAL used in a sentence.
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tarnal, adj. - Green's Dictionary of Slang
tarnal adj. ... (US) used as a usu. negative intensifier, a var. on damned adj.; thus tarnally adv. c.1776. 1800 ...
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TARNAL definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
tarnation in American English (tɑrˈneɪʃən ) noun, interjection dial. var. of damnation , also used as an intensifier.
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A.Word.A.Day --tarnal - Wordsmith.org
tarnal ... MEANING: adjective, adverb: Damned. ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of eternal (as in “eternal damnation”), from Latin aeternus, from aevum (age) ...
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Tarnal Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary
Tarnal Definition ... Damned. American Heritage. adjective. (US, slang, euphemistic) Damned (as an intensifier). Wiktionary. Advertisement. Origin of Tarnal.
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slew
▪ I. slew, n.1 (sluː) Also slue, sleugh. [Variant spellings of sloo, ME. slō: see slough n.1] 1. a. U.S. and Canada. A marshy or reedy pool, pond, small lake, backwater, or inlet.α 1708 S. Sewall Diary 18 Dec., Got home well in my slay, had much adoe to avoid Slews. 1867 F. H. Ludlow Fleeing to Tars...
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varmint
▪ I. varment, varmint, n.1 dial. and U.S. (ˈvɑːmənt) Also varmant, -munt, verment, warment, -mint, -mit, etc. [var. of varmin vermin, with excrescent -t. Rare before c 1825.] 1. a. collect. Vermin. b. An animal of a noxious or objectionable kind. A large collection of American examples is given by T...
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concern
▪ I. concern, v. (kənˈsɜːn) Also 5 conserne, 6–7 -cerne, 7 -cearn. [ad. med.L. concernĕre and F. concerner (15th c. in Littré), ad. L. concernĕre, f. con- + cernĕre to sift, separate, distinguish, discern, perceive, see, look at, regard, have respect to. The L. lexicons quote concernĕre only from Au...
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