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ouns

ouns noun: wounds, especially the wounds of Christ on the cross.

Noun

ouns pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, plural, plural-only) Wounds, especially the wounds of Christ on the cross.
    • Tare an' ouns, man! And is it meself that'll be caring what ye may or may not be?1921, Georgette Heyer, The Black Moth, →ISBN, page 119
    • For this, O dearly beloved, is the genuine Christine: body and soul and blood and ouns.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, page 1

Words formed from ouns

Questions about ouns

What does ouns mean?
Ouns means wounds, especially the wounds of Christ on the cross.
What part of speech is ouns?
Ouns is a noun.

Words near ouns in the dictionary

  1. Oundle
  2. oundy
  3. oungan
  4. oungans
  5. ounging
  6. ouns
  7. ounsi
  8. ounsis
  9. Ounsted
  10. Ouolof
  11. oup

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