intj. (common).—A corruption of ‘By God!’ such a euphemistic oath.

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  1742.  FIELDING, Joseph Andrews, bk. III. ch. ix. BEGAD, Madam,… ’tis the very same I met.

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  1848.  THACKERAY, Vanity Fair, II., iv., 39. Only one, BEGAD! in the world!

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