pardieu

French

Etymology

par (by) + dieu (God)

Interjection

pardieu

  1. (dated) by God
    • 1837, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter II, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume II, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et Cie, éditeurs, [], OCLC 763898917:
      Pardieu ! je le crois bien, s’écria Sancho, qu’il était sage et enchanteur, puisque, à ce que dit le bachelier, Samson Carrasco (c’est ainsi que s’appelle celui dont je viens de parler), l’auteur de l’histoire se nomme Cid Hamet Berengen.
      "By God! I do believe," cried Sancho, "that he was a sage and an enchanter, because, according to what the bachelor, Samson Carrasco (for that's the name of the one that I just talked about), says, the author of the story was named Cid Hamet Berengen."

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