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English
Etymology
From Middle English parde, from Anglo-Norman pardi, pardeu, and Old French pardeu, from par (“by”) + Deu (“God”).
Pronunciation
Interjection
pardie
- By God!
1577, Martial, “Epigrammes out of Martial. ”, in Timothe Kendall, transl., Flowers of Epigrammes , : for the Spenser Society, published 1874, →OCLC, pages 56–57:Yet notwithſtandyng all this geare, / thou cougheſt ſtill, perdy / Ye are a craftie knaue, you cough / to fare deliciouſly.
1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream”, in Poems. , volume II, London: Edward Moxon, , →OCLC, page 157:“Pardy,” return’d the king, “but still / My joints are somewhat stiff or so. / My lord, and shall we pass the bill / I mention’d half an hour ago?”
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