bodikin

English

Alternative forms
  • bodykin

Etymology

From body +‎ -kin

Noun

bodikin (plural bodikins)

  1. A diminutive of body, forming part of the exclamatory phrase "Odd's bodikin", a corruption of God's body.
    • William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Scene II.
      Odd's bodikin, man, better: use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

References
  • Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol 1, p0608, bodikin
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