igitt

(Englisch)

an exclamation of disgust: yuck!, ew!, phew!, ugh!

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/iˈɡɪt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

19th century, of northern German origin. Probably a minced oath/veiled use of a phrase like o Gott (“oh God!”), compare oh God. Or, an extended form of (the presumably imitative) ih (“ew, yuck; sound of disgust”), possibly influenced by the former.

Synonyme

pfui

bäh

eckelig