pardi

or par·die, par·dy, per·die

[ pahr-dee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

, Archaic.

Origin of pardi¹

1200–50; late Middle English pardie, Middle English parde < Old French par De < Latin per Deum by God

In matters of this kind, each man should look to his own skin, pardi!

The company was in dire perplexity, when Mol, who was one of them, said: Pardi!

"Pardi, I should hope so," she answered, with a proud toss of her head.

An I lose her, no joy for me, Pardi, hath the wide world in fee.

Pardi, I should not have thought that it had been necessary.

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