dickens
Plural: dickenses
Noun
- An informal exclamation, often used as a euphemism for 'devil'.
- a word used in exclamations of confusion
- "the dickens you say"
- English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)
- The devil.
- In the phrase the dickens (Used as an intensifier).
- A disturbance or row.
Examples
- She can go to the dickens for what she said.
- We had the dickens of a row.
- What the DICKENS was that word my opponent just played for 100 points?
- Why the dickens did he do that?
- You scared the dickens out of me.
Origin / Etymology
Origin: 1590–1600; apparently a fanciful use of the proper name Dicken, diminutive form of Dick.
Synonyms
Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens, deuce, devil, on earth, the devil, the fuck, the heck, the hell
Scrabble Score: 14
dickens: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddickens: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dickens: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary