Zlid, n.

zlid
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# † Zlidnoun

## Earlier version

- Zlead(s in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the noun Zlid mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun Zlid. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the late 1700s.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### Where does the noun Zlid come from?

Earliest known use

early 1600s

The earliest known use of the noun Zlid is in the early 1600s.

OED's earliest evidence for Zlid is from 1616, in the writing of S. S.

Zlid is a variant or alteration of another lexical item.

Etymons: English God's lid, God's lids.

### Nearby entries

1. zizania, n. 1526–
2. zizany, n. a1400–1803
3. zizel, n. 1775–
4. zizypha, n. 1546–1775
5. zizyphus, n.?1440–
6. zizz, v. 1883–
7. zizz, int. & n. 1824–
8. zizzing, n. 1884–
9. zizzing, adj. 1919–
10. zizzy, adj. 1843–
11. Zlid, n.1616–1785
12. Z'life, n. 1689
13. Z line, n. 1916–
14. Z-list, n. & adj. 1979–
15. Z-lister, n. 1999–
16. zloty, n. 1915–
17. Zn, n. 1814–
18. -zoa, comb. form
19. -zoan, comb. form
20. zoantharian, adj. & n. 1887–
21. zoanthid, n. 1870–

## Etymology

### Summary

A variant or alteration of another lexical item.
Etymons: English God's lid, God's lids.
In α forms a euphemistic alteration of God's lid (see god n. & int. Phrases P.3b.i, and compare Uds n.).

Compare 'Z adj.

In β forms a euphemistic alteration of God's lids (see god n. & int. Phrases P.3b.i).

## Meaning & use

Obsolete.

1. 1616–1785
   A minced oath: = God's lid(s: see god n. & int. Phrases P.3b.i, and cf. Uds n.
   1. 1616

      > Zlid, before the Prologue had done, I had lost my purse.

      S. S., Honest Lawyer i. sig. B4v
   2. 1785

      > Zleads! he nivver played hocus pocus.

      W. Hutton, Bran New Wark (E.D.S.) 170
   1. God's lid 1600–1834
   2. 'Slid 1606–
      A form of oath, common in the 17th century.
   3. Gad's lid 1616–1909
   4. od's lid 1616–1742
   5. Zlid 1616–1785
      A minced oath: = God's lid(s: see god, n. & int.phrases P.3b.i, and cf. Uds, n.
   6. 'Slidikins 1694–1756
      A form of minced oath.
   7. slitterkins 1786
      A form of minced oath.
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## Forms

### Variant forms

##### α.

1. 1600s
   Zlid

##### β.

1. 1700s
   Zleads

Zlid, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

Zlid, n. was last modified in September 2024.