pardie

English

Alternative forms

pardi, pardy
perdy, perdie

Etymology

From Middle English parde, from Anglo-Norman pardi, pardeu, and Old French pardeu, from par (“by”) + Deu (“God”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /pɑːˈdiː/
Homophone: party (in accents with flapping)

Interjection

pardie

By God!
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
  “Perdy,” (said Britomart) “the choise is hard; / But what reward had he that overcame?”

Anagrams

Piedra, aperid, diaper, paired, piedra, repaid

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