tarnation - 3 dictionary results
tar⋅na⋅tion
[tahr-ney-shuh
n]
Older Use.–interjection
| 1. | damnation. |
–noun
| 2. | damnation; hell (used as a euphemism): Where in tarnation is that boy? |
–adverb
| 3. | damned. |
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tarnation
1784, Amer.Eng. alteration of darnation (itself a euphemism for damnation), influenced by tarnal (1790), from phrase by the Eternal (God).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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