pardi

See also: Pardi and pardı

English

Interjection

pardi

  1. Obsolete form of pardie.
    • 1765, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. 8 (Penguin 2003, p. 491)
      And why so many grains of calomel? santa Maria! and such a dose of opium! periclitating, pardi! the whole family of ye, from head to tail.

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

pardi

  1. genitive singular of part

French

Etymology

Alteration of pardieu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paʁ.di/

Interjection

pardi

  1. (dated) (yes,) obviously! (yes,) for God's sake! (yes,) of course!

Further reading

Latin

Noun

pardī

  1. nominative plural of pardus
  2. genitive singular of pardus
  3. vocative plural of pardus
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