{"era":"current","word":"dickens","meaning":"a euphemistic exclamation","children":[{"era":"1500s","word":"euphemistic substitute","meaning":"used in place of a taboo name such as 'devil'; origin uncertain","children":[{"era":"pre-1100 / classical","word":"devil","meaning":"the taboo concept the euphemism replaced","children":[],"language":"Old English / Latin"}],"language":"Early Modern English"}],"language":"Modern English"}