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‖ verdomde, a. S. Afr. slang.|fərˈdɔmdə| Also verdoemde, verdomd. [Afrikaans, ad. Du. verdoemd.] Damned, infernal.
1850R. G. Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. ix. 53/1, I overheard him remark to three other gruff-looking Boers who stood beside him that I was ‘a verdomd Englishman’. 1878T. J. Lucas Camp Life & Sport S. Afr. 232 Ah, you verdomde beast! 1909R. Dehan Dop Doctor 90 He was no Baas of mine the verdoemde rooinek! 1913D. Fairbridge That which hath Been 125 This verdoemde Governor is obstinate on this point. 1926E. Lewis Mantis i. iv. 80 Why, even with Government helping you not to make a goat of yourself farming's a verdomde lottery, believe me. 1964A. Trew Smoke Island vi. 106 Pride wouldn't allow him to claim that achievement for his people now, and this verdomde native knew it. |