zounds

intj

Etymology: Minced form of God's wounds, with reference to the wounds from Christ's crucifixion. Compare strewth, blimey, gadzooks, 'sblood, crikey.

1. Expressing anger, surprise, assertion etc.

   “'Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death!”

   “Bounds, mounds, lounds, founds, kounds, downds, rounds, pounds, zounds! — hounds — ha! hounds — I have it.”