depardieux

See also: Depardieux

Middle English

Etymology

Old French, a corruption of de part Dieu, literally "on the part of God".

Interjection

depardieux

1. In God's name; certainly.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Freres Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, lines 131-2:

     "Depardieux," quod this yeman, "deere broother,
     Thou art a bailly, and I am another."

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• “depardieux”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.