Meanings
perdie1
- alternativeAlternative form of pardie.
For if the King like not the comedy Why then belike he likes it not, perdie.
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]
Perdie2
- A diminutive of the female given name Perdita
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