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igad

igad is the obsolete form of egad.

Meaning of egad

Interjection

  1. (dated) A mild exclamation of contempt, surprise, outrage, etc.
    • O here a' comes—Ah my Hector of Troy, vvelcome my Bully, my Back; agad my heart has gone a pit pat for thee.1693, Will[iam] Congreve, The Old Batchelour, a Comedy. […], London: […] Peter Buck, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 11

Questions about igad

What is igad the obsolete form of?
Igad is the obsolete form of egad.

Words near igad in the dictionary

  1. ig
  2. Ig Nobel Prize
  3. Iga
  4. Iga ware
  5. Iga wares
  6. igad
  7. Igai
  8. Igala
  9. iGaming
  10. IgAN
  11. Igang

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Adapted from Wiktionary: igad (page history and authors); egad (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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