Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective, superlative dog·goned·est, adverb
verb (used with object), dog·goned, dog·goning.
- to damn: Doggone your silly advice!
adjective, superlative dog·gon·est.
- Also doggoned. damned; confounded: a doggone fool; Well, I’ll be doggoned.
adverb
- Also doggoned. damned: He’s a doggone poor sport.
interjection
- an exclamation of annoyance, disappointment, etc
adjective, adverb (prenominal)
- Also: doggoned another word for damn (def. 3), damn (def. 4)
1851, American English, a “fantastic perversion of god-damned” [Weekley]. But Mencken favors the theory that it is “a blend form of dog on it; in fact it is still often used with it following. It is thus a brother to the old English phrase, ‘a pox upon it,’ but is considerably more decorous.”