odso
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Euphemistic form of godso.
Interjection
[edit]odso
- (obsolete) Expressing surprise or affirmation.
- 1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals, II.1:
- Absolute: Ay, Bob, Miss Melville's Mr Faulkland.
Acres: Odso! She and your father can be but just arrived before me.
- 1841, Robert Eyres Landor, Earl of Brecon:
- Odso! Thou dost wax great in wisdom day-by-day!