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tarnation (n.)
[tarnation 词源字典]
1784, American English alteration of
darnation
(itself a euphemism for
damnation
), influenced by
tarnal
(1790), a mild profanity, clipped from phrase
by the Eternal (God)
(see
eternal
).
[tarnation etymology, tarnation origin, 英语词源]