verdomdeadj.
/vəˈdɒmdə/, /fəˈdɒmdə/, U.S. /vərˈdɑmdə/, /fərˈdɑmdə/, South African English /fəˈdɒmdə/ South African slang.
Damned, infernal.
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the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation
stinking?c1225
misbegetc1325
banned1340
cursefula1382
wariablea1382
cursedc1386
biccheda1400
maledighta1400
vilea1400
accursedc1400
whoresona1450
remauldit?1473
execrable1490
infamous1490
unbicheda1500
jolly1534
bloodyc1540
mangy?1548
pagan1550
damned1563
misbegotten1571
putid1580
desperate1581
excremental1591
inexecrable?1594
sacred1594
putrid1628
sad1664
blasted1682
plagued1728
damnation1757
infernal1764
damn1775
pesky1775
deuced1782
shocking1798
blessed1806
darned1815
dinged1821
anointed1823
goldarn1830
darn1835
cussed1837
blamed1840
unholy1842
verdomde1850
bleeding1858
ghastly1860
goddam1861
blankety1872
blame1876
bastard1877
God-awful1877
dashed1881
sodding1881
bally1885
ungodly1887
blazing1888
dee1889
motherfucking1890
blistering1900
plurry1900
Christly1910
blinking1914
blethering1915
blighted1915
blighting1916
soddish1922
somethinged1922
effing1929
Jesus1929
dagnab1934
bastarding1944
Christless1947
mother-loving1948
mothering1951
pussyclaat1957
mother-grabbing1959
pigging1970
1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. ix. 174 I overheard him remark to three other gruff-looking Boers who stood beside him that I was ‘a verdomd Englishman’.
1878 T. J. Lucas Camp Life & Sport S. Afr. 232 Ah, you verdomde beast!
1909 ‘R. Dehan’ Dop Doctor 90 He was no Baas of mine the verdoemde rooinek!
1910 D. Fairbridge That which hath Been x. 129 This verdoemde Governor is obstinate on this point.
1926 E. 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.
1964 A. Trew Smoke Island vi. 106 Pride wouldn't allow him to claim that achievement for his people now, and this verdomde native knew it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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