verdomde, adjective and & adverb

/fə(r)ˈdɔmdə/
Forms:
verdoem, verdoemdShow more Also verdoem, verdoemd, verdoemde, verdoemed, verdoemte, verdomd, verdomde, verdomdte, verdomed, verdommde, verdommed, verdommt, verdommte, verdomnde, verdompt, verdompte, verdomt, verdomte, verdonde, voerdommde.
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, from Dutch verdoemd.
A. adjective Damned, accursed. So the superlative form verdomste [Afrikaans].
Note:
Quotation 1838 might belong at verdom.
1838 J.E. Alexander Exped. into Int. I. 73Ver doem de government! it presses us in every way.
1850 R.G.G. Cumming Hunter’s Life I. 53I overheard him remark to three other gruff-looking Boers who stood beside him that I was ‘a verdomd’ Englishman.
1873 F. Boyle To Cape for Diamonds 187He says there is a spot upon his farm where the gems lie thick as pebbles, but no verdomt digger shall come near.
1878 T.J. Lucas Camp Life & Sport 232Ah, you verdomde beast! you’ll pitch me off in front of a lion, will you? Take that!
1910 ‘R. Dehan’ Dop Doctor 90 (Swart)He was no Baas of mine verdoemde rooinek!
1910 D. Fairbridge That Which Hath Been (1913) 125This verdoemde Governor is obstinate on this point.
1924 S.G. Millin God’s Step-Children 96‘That will teach you to speak to White girls,’ he said. ‘Verdomde Bastaard.’
1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle 161I shall know all about Africa, and be panting to get another whack at the verdommt rooinek.
1952 Drum Aug. 7One never knows whom one speaks to nowadays — it is either an Englishman or a Jew; or (horror of horrors) a verdomde Baster!
1985 H. Prendini in Style Oct. 39We’re still stuck behind that verdommde robot.
1990 G. Slovo Ties of Blood 563‘Verdomde kommies,’ he shouted. ‘What are you trying to do? Get me into trouble?’
B. adverb An intensifier: ‘damned’.
1960 C. Hooper Brief Authority 91‘Let me tell you this, you verdomde insolent blackskin.’
1976 S. Cloete Canary Pie 96Very good, then I will agree it is an ugly horse. A verdomde ugly horse. But a verdomde good one.
Damned, accursed. So the superlative form verdomste [Afrikaans].
An intensifier: ‘damned’.
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verdom, interjectionint.verdringing, nounn.
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