pardi
EnglishEdit
InterjectionEdit
pardi
- 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.
- 1765, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. 8 (Penguin 2003, p. 491)
AnagramsEdit
EstonianEdit
NounEdit
pardi
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Alteration of pardieu.
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
pardi
- (dated) (yes,) obviously! (yes,) for God's sake! (yes,) of course!
Further readingEdit
- “pardi” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
LatinEdit
NounEdit
pardī