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381 Etymology dictionary, p. blessed (adj.).2
late 12c., "supremely happy," also "consecrated, holy" (c. 1200), past-participle adjective from bless (v.). Reversed or ironic sense of "cursed, damned" is recorded from 1806. Related: Blessedly; blessedness .
382 Etymology dictionary, p. burglarize (v.).2
"commit burglary upon," 1865, American English, from burglary + -ize. Damned as an American barbarism in England and Canada. Related: Burglarized; burglarizing .
383 Etymology dictionary, p. concern (v.).4
Used imperatively from 1803 (compare similar use of confound ); often rendered in dialect as consarn (1832), probably a euphemism for damn (compare concerned ). Letter opening to whom it may concern attested by 1740.
384 Etymology dictionary, p. condemn (v.).2
… " (see damn (v.)). Replaced Old English fordeman .
385 Etymology dictionary, p. confounded (adj.).2
… , detestable, damned," 1650s, past-participle adjective from confound in its older sense of "condemn, curse," which came to be considered "a milder form of imprecation …
386 Etymology dictionary, p. consarned (adj.).3
… for "damned" it is attested by 1840.
387 Etymology dictionary, p. cursed (adj.).2
also curst, c. 1200, "under a curse, damned," past-participle adjective from curse (v.). From late 14c. as an expletive. Related: Cursedly; cursedness .
388 Etymology dictionary, p. damage (n.).2
… " (see damn ). In law (as damages ) "the value in money of what was lost or withheld, that which is given to repair a cost," from c. 1400. Colloquial sense of "cost, expense" is …
389 Etymology dictionary, p. damme (interj.).2
1610s, coalesced form of damn me, used as an oath.
390 Etymology dictionary, p. dammit (interj.).2
representation of the oath damn it! as it usually is sounded, 1908.
391 Etymology dictionary, p. damned (adj.).1
damned (adj.)
392 Etymology dictionary, p. damned (adj.).2
… from damn (v.). Meaning "hateful, detestable" is from 1560s, hence its use as an objurgation expressing more or less dislike. In literary use printed 18c.-19c. as d____d …
393 Etymology dictionary, p. damn (v.).1
damn (v.)
394 Etymology dictionary, p. damn (v.).2
… damner "damn, condemn; convict, blame; injure," derivative of Latin damnare "to adjudge guilty; to doom; to condemn, blame, reject," from noun damnum "damage, hurt, harm …
395 Etymology dictionary, p. damn (v.).3
… sense. Damn and its derivatives generally were avoided in print from 18c. to 1930s (the famous line in the film version of "Gone with the Wind" was a breakthrough …
396 Etymology dictionary, p. damn (v.).4
… for damned; Damn Yankee, the characteristic Southern U.S. term for "Northerner," is attested by 1812 (as damned ). Related: Damning .
397 Etymology dictionary, p. damnable (adj.).2
… " (see damn ). Meaning "odious, detestable, abominable, deserving of condemnation" is from c. 1400. Related: Damnably (late 14c., dampnably ).
398 Etymology dictionary, p. damnation (n.).2
… " (see damn ). As an imprecation, attested from c. 1600.
399 Etymology dictionary, p. dang (interj.).2
1781 (in Sophia Lee's comedy "A Chapter of Accidents," which was acted first in 1780), a minced euphemism for damn .
400 Etymology dictionary, p. darn (interj.).2
… of damn said to have originated in New England when swearing was a punishable offense; if so, its spread probably was influenced by 'tarnal, short for Eternal …