demnition

形容词 adj. 副词 adv. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Damned. euphemistic,not-comparable,obsolete
    — 1841, Edward FitzGerald, letter to W. F. Pollock dated 10 February, 1841, in The Variorum and Definitive Edition of the Poetical and Prose Writings of Edward FitzGerald, Volume 7, p. 22, Luckily for you, my farming is a good deal hindered by these demnition snows and frosts […]
副词 adv.
  1. Damned, very. euphemistic,not-comparable,obsolete
    — ‘The wine is demnition good!’ replied Selden; ‘but our friend Charley seems to be in the dumps—it don’t wake him up.’
感叹词 intj.
  1. Damn (used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc.). euphemistic,obsolete
    — “[…] It is enough to make one swear. Demnition! if my mother heard of it, what would she say!”

词源

词源 1
Alteration of damnation; appears to have been popularized by the speech of the character Mr. Mantalini in Charles Dickens’ novel Nicholas Nickleby (1839).
词源 2
Alteration of damnation; appears to have been popularized by the speech of the character Mr. Mantalini in Charles Dickens’ novel Nicholas Nickleby (1839).
词源 3
Alteration of damnation; appears to have been popularized by the speech of the character Mr. Mantalini in Charles Dickens’ novel Nicholas Nickleby (1839).
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