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EGAD

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e⋅gad

  [i-gad, ee-gad]
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–interjection
(used as an expletive or mild oath): Egad, I never thought of that!
Also, e⋅gads  [i-gadz, ee-gadz] .

Origin:
1665–75; euphemistic alter. of oh God!
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e·gad   (ĭ-gād')   
interj.  Used as a mild exclamation.

[Alteration of oh God.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

egad 
1673, softened oath, second element God, first uncertain; perhaps it represents exclamation ah.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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