oons

English

Etymology 1

Noun

oons

1. plural of oon

Etymology 2

Alteration of wounds.

Interjection

oons

1. (now archaic) Expressing anger, surprise etc. [from 16th c.]
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCXXXIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC:

     Oons, woman, said I, the lady may be in a fit: the lady may be dying—Let me go up.

   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     [H]e no sooner comprehended the nature of this shower, which in a twinkling bedewed him from head to foot, than he exclaimed, “Blood and oons! I'm afloat?”

Anagrams

• Soon, noos, noso-, onos, so on, sono-, soon