Dickens

Origin

Origin: 1590–1600; apparently a fanciful use of the proper name Dicken, form of Dick.

Full definition of dickens

Noun

1. (euphemistic) The devil.She can go to the dickens for what she said.You scared the dickens out of me.
2. In the phrase the dickens (Used as an intensifier).Why the dickens did he do that?We had the dickens of a row.

Anagrams

• snicked

Synonyms

• (intensifier) on earth, the hell, the devil, the heck, the fuck