ansans

Icelandic

Etymology

Minced oath, a clipping of andskotans (“bloody, fucking”) as in ansi.

Interjection

ansans

1. dang it!, shoot! (very mild curse word)

   Ansans, ég hlýt að hafa gleymt lyklunum. ― Oh shoot, I must have forgotten my keys.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:andskotinn

Adjective

ansans (not comparable)

1. darn (very mild curse word)

   Ansans vesen. ― What a darn inconvenience.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:andskotans

Related terms

• ansi (“quite”)