jiminy

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
21
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒɪməni/

Definition of jiminy

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

intj

  1. (dated)An expression of mild surprise or annoyance.
    “He sat up with a jerk. "Holy Jiminy! How did you figure all that out?"”
    “"Jimminy!" I thought. "Now I can do my Christmas shopping just like anybody." I dashed out along the town's main street to look at the glowing store windows and ponder what to buy.”
    “A hand touched her arm, in the crook of the bare flesh inside the elbow. Jiminy, how quietly they could all move! She looked sideways and up, through the dark.”
    “"Oh, jimminy," yelled Katie. "Don't you..." she warned, as the brew drizzled into her palms. Her eyes rolled back and she collapsed onto the table.”

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Etymology

An alteration of earlier Gemini (“an expression of mild surprise or annoyance”); see there for more.

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