bedad

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interjection

by God

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Meanings

interjection
  1. Irelanddatedby God

    "Ah, bedad, ye can finish it yourself--it's too expansive for me!"

    1875, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), Sketches New and Old
    3 more examples

    Lady O'Dowd is also so attached to it that, she says, if anything were to happen to Mick, bedad she'd come back and marry some of 'em.

    1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

    But as for the party, bedad, it's rotten to the core, and won't stand another session.

    1867, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn

    May I tempt you to a little more filleted lemon sole, miss Dubedat? Yes, do bedad. And she did bedad.

    1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

Origin

From by dad, euphemistic form of by God.

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APA

bedad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedad

MLA

“bedad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedad. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedad,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedad.

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