criminy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 7
/ˈkɹaɪ.mɪ.ni/
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/ˈkɹaɪ.mɪ.ni/ · /ˈkɹɪ.mɪ.ni/
Definition of criminy
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
intj
- (euphemistic)Expressing surprise or impatience.
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Etymology
Either from Italian crimine (“crime”), or a minced oath from "Christ's money" (in reference to the silver that Judas was paid for betraying Jesus), or a deformation of Gemini (which was recorded as an oath from the 1660s). First attested in the 1680s.
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