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criminy

/ˈkɹaɪ.mɪ.ni/

criminy interjection: expressing surprise or impatience.

Interjection

  1. (euphemistic) Expressing surprise or impatience.
    Synonyms:
    wow

Synonyms of criminy

Forms of criminy

alternative formcrimine
alternative formcrimini
alternative formcrimony
alternative formby criminy
alternative formcrimany
alternative formcrimeny
alternative formcrimmini
alternative formcriminny

Origin of criminy

Either from Italian crimine (“crime”), or a minced oath from "Christ's money" (in reference to the silver that Judas was paid for betraying Jesus), or a deformation of Gemini (which was recorded as an oath from the 1660s). First attested in the 1680s.

Questions about criminy

What does criminy mean?
Criminy means expressing surprise or impatience.
What part of speech is criminy?
Criminy is an interjection.
How do you pronounce criminy?
Criminy is pronounced /ˈkɹaɪ.mɪ.ni/.

Words near criminy in the dictionary

  1. criminology
  2. criminophobia
  3. criminous
  4. criminously
  5. criminousness
  6. criminy
  7. Crimis
  8. CRIMM
  9. Crimmas
  10. crimmigrant
  11. crimmigrants

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