pardi

See also: Pardi and pardı

English

Interjection

pardi

  1. Obsolete form of pardie.
    • 1765, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 8, Penguin, published 2003, page 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/
  • (file)

Interjection

pardi

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

Further reading

Latin

Noun

pardī

  1. inflection of pardus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular
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