adad

1. LateModernobsoleteExpressing emphasis or asseveration; indeed.First known use 17th–19th c.

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

   1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.4

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

   1822, Walter Scott, Peveril

alternative Adadus

1. The god of storms in Mesopotamian mythology.

   The beauty of the sun god, Shamash, shone in his face, and the courage of the storm god, Adad, was in his blood.

   2003, Janet Parker, Julie Stanton, editors, Mythology: Myths, Legends and Fantasies, Cape Town, published 2006, page 326

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   Adad was often depicted in human form, standing on a bull and wearing a horned headdress and a tiered skirt decorated with stars.

   1998, Tamra Andrews, Dictionary of Nature Myths, Oxford, published 2000, page 4