单词 | parbleu |
释义 | parbleuint. An exclamation expressing surprise, emphatic confirmation, etc.Chiefly in representations of French speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > using non-English words parbleu1696 sapperment1815 caramba1835 merde1920 sapristi1932 1696 G. G. Granville She-gallants iii. i. 30 Parbleu. your Ladyship be de ver beautiful Lady. 1709 M. Prior Thief & Cordelier x Parblew, I shall have little Stomach to eat. 1749 D. Garrick Lethe 24 Vat is you take me for? vat I Beast? vat I Horse? parbleu! 1813 R. Southey March to Moscow i, in Poet. Wks. (1838) VI. 217 The fields were green, and the sky was blue, Morbleu! Parbleu! 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 313 The poor Canadians [ejaculated]..‘Parbleu! this is a sad scrape we are in, brother!’ 1877 H. James American viii. 137 ‘Is she fond of admiration?’ ‘Parbleu!’ cried Bellegarde; ‘what woman is not?’ 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xii. 147 ‘These people were beginning to agitate themselves—Parbleu! A mob like that—don't you see?’ he interjected. 1946 S. J. Perelman Keep it Crisp 35 Parbleu! Do you think I am a milksap, that you can put me off with your bobbery? 2003 Amer. Jewish Committee Comm. (Nexis) 1 June 30 Parbleu! On Sunday I was in their shop buying hats for my grandchildren. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1696 |
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