‖ parbleu, int.
(parbl{obar})
Now only as Fr. In 8 parblew.
[F. parbleu (La Fontaine, Molière 17th c.), a deformation of pardieu ‘by God’, pardie.]
An exclamation or minced oath.
| 1709 Prior Thief & Cordelier x, Parblew, I shall have little Stomach to eat. 1813 Southey March to Moscow i, The fields were green, and the sky was blue, Morbleu! Parbleu! 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 313 The poor Canadians [ejaculated]..‘Parbleu! this is a sad scrape we are in, brother!’ |