nom de Dieuint.
/ˌnɒm də ˈdjʊ/, /ˌnɒm də ˈdjəː/, U.S. /ˌnɔm də ˈdjʊ/, /ˌnɑm də ˈdjʊ/ As an oath uttered esp. by a French speaker: expressing annoyance or anger.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > miscellaneous
depardieuc1290
by God's namec1330
by God's roodc1330
by God's eyes1340
God's soul1345
for God's sakec1386
cock's soulc1405
God's armsc1405
by God's dooma1425
(by) (God's) nailsa1500
by God's fast?1515
God's lord?1520
God's sacramenta1529
God's dominusc1530
by God's crown1535
God's bread1535
God's gown1535
God's guts1543
of God's word?1550
God's hat1569
Gods me1570
marry (a) Godc1574
God's malt1575
God's ludd?1577
God's sacring?1577
God's sokinges?1577
trunnion?1577
(by) God's will1579
God's teeth1580
'Shearta1596
God's light1598
by God's me1599
'Snails1599
'Slight1600
God's diggers1602
'Swill1602
od's mea1616
od's my lifea1616
'Sprecious1631
'Sbores1640
odso1660
for sake('s) sake1665
Gad's precious1677
heartlikins1677
od1681
'Sdiggers1687
(Lord) love you (also your heart)1707
God's fury1748
heartikins1751
S'fire1791
nom de Dieu1848
'strewth1892
Lord lumme1895
lumme1898
1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives III. lv. 191 Nom d'un Dieu! Monsieur, I am a man of honour!]
1848 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. 23 128 Nom de Dieu,..one set takes the other set's places and they turn round and break our heads for reminding them of their promises.
1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags III. ix. 228 ‘Nom de Dieu, Miladi!’ she swore in her teeth.
1873 Galaxy 16 61 Such are the caprices of languages, Nom de Dieu! is a great deal stronger than ‘In God's name’—in fact, is a very stiff oath.
1922 E. E. Cummings Enormous Room viii. 176 Nom de dieu, I thought vaguely. Am I or am I not completely asleep?
1987 J. B. Hilton Displaced Person iii. 19 ‘Nom de Dieu!’ He snatched up a jag of firewood and brought it down into Michel's crutch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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