blamed, ppl. a. and adv. dial. and U.S.
(bleɪmd)
[Cf. blame v. 7.]
1. ppl. a. = blasted ppl. a. 3.
| 1840 Haliburton Clockm. 3rd Ser. vi. 84 Yes, John Bull is a blamed blockhead. 1876 ‘Mark Twain’ Tom Sawyer ix, Drunk, same as usual, likely—blamed old rip! 1905 G. H. Lorimer Old Gorgon Graham 200 They've an ache or a pain in every blamed joint. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) i. 14 I've stood the ugly, blamed thing long enough. |
2. adv. Confoundedly, excessively.
| 1833 Knickerbocker I. 303 Which I now look upon as a blamed foolish notion. 1876 ‘Mark Twain’ Tom Sawyer viii. 79 Well, it's blamed mean—that's all. 1884 W. Cudworth Yorks. Dial. Sk. 27, I knaw they wor blamed nice. 1904 G. S. Porter Freckles 51, I am..so blamed ignorant I don't know which ones go in pairs. |