Definition
an archaic exclamation or oath expressing surprise, annoyance, or emphasis (variant of 'ods bodkins').
Etymology
From Middle English oaths that minced blasphemies by abbreviating and distorting 'God's heart,' similar to how 'egads' comes from 'ah, God's.' These softened curses were used in polite company to avoid actual blasphemy.
Kelly Says
Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights had entire systems of fake curses—'adsheart,' 'adsbodkins,' 'odzounds'—that let characters express emotion without genuinely blaspheming, which was actually illegal and could get you whipped!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
adsheart
ad-she-art
ARالعربية
adsheart
ad-she-a-r-t
BNবাংলা
adsheart
ad-she-art
CACatalà
adsheart
ad-she-art
CSČeština
adsheart
ad-she-art
DADansk
adsheart
ad-she-art
DEDeutsch
adsheart
ad-she-art
ELΕλληνικά
adsheart
ad-she-art
ESEspañol
adsheart
ad-she-ar-t
FAفارسی
adsheart
ad-she-art
FISuomi
adsheart
ad-she-art
FRFrançais
adsheart
ad-she-aʁt
HEעברית
adsheart
ad-she-art
HIहिन्दी
adsheart
ad-she-a-r-t
HUMagyar
adsheart
ad-she-art
IDBahasa Indonesia
adsheart
ad-she-art
ITItaliano
adsheart
ad-she-art
JA日本語
adsheart
ad-she-a-r-to
KO한국어
adsheart
ad-se-he-teu
MSBahasa Melayu
adsheart
ad-she-art
MYမြန်မာ
adsheart
ad-she-art
NLNederlands
adsheart
ad-she-art
NONorsk
adsheart
ad-she-art
PLPolski
adsheart
ad-she-art
PTPortuguês
adsheart
ad-she-art
RORomână
adsheart
ad-she-art
RUРусский
adsheart
ad-she-art
SVSvenska
adsheart
ad-she-art
SWKiswahili
adsheart
ad-she-a-r-t
TAதமிழ்
adsheart
ad-she-a-r-tu
TEతెలుగు
adsheart
ad-she-a-r-tu
THไทย
adsheart
ad-she-art
TRTürkçe
adsheart
ad-she-art
UKУкраїнська
adsheart
ad-she-art
URاردو
adsheart
ad-she-art
VITiếng Việt
adsheart
ad-she-art
ZH中文
adsheart
a-d-she-er-te