perdie
English
[edit]Interjection
[edit]perdie
- Alternative form of pardie
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- For if the King like not the comedy
Why then belike he likes it not, perdie.