sapperlot
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Sapperlot (with a capital S inside a sentence)
- ſapperlot (in Fraktur)
- zapperlot
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French saperlotte (17th century), euphemistic modification of sacredieu, from sacré (nom de) Dieu (literally “holy (name of) God”).
Pronunciation edit
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Interjection edit
sapperlot
- (archaic) zounds!, swounds!, 'sdeath!, my word!
- (archaic) golly!, zowie!, goodness gracious!, good heavens!, gee whiz!, blast!, doggone!