adad
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Euphemistic alteration of ah God; compare adod, egad.
Interjection[edit]
adad
- (Late Modern, obsolete) Expressing emphasis or asseveration; indeed. [17th–19th c.]
- 1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.4:
- “And adad,” said Andrew, “you had best not neglect these orders of that worthy knight […] .”
- 1822, Walter Scott, Peveril:
- ‘We'll have no ranting, Dick,’ said the old Knight to the young Franklin; ‘adad, man, we'll have none, for three reasons.’
Indonesian[edit]
Noun[edit]
adad (first-person possessive adadku, second-person possessive adadmu, third-person possessive adadnya)
- number
Lun Bawang[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
adad
- A grater