adad

See also: Adad and aḍaḍ

English

Etymology

Euphemistic alteration of ah God; compare adod, egad.

Interjection

adad

1. (Late Modern, obsolete) Expressing emphasis or asseveration; indeed. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.4:

     “And adad,” said Andrew, “you had best not neglect these orders of that worthy knight […] .”

   • 1822, Walter Scott, Peveril:

     ‘We'll have no ranting, Dick,’ said the old Knight to the young Franklin; ‘adad, man, we'll have none, for three reasons.’

Indonesian

Noun

adad (first-person possessive adadku, second-person possessive adadmu, third-person possessive adadnya)

1. number

Lun Bawang

adad

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /adad/

Noun

adad

1. A grater