int. Obs. [Cf. EGAD! of which it is prob. a variation.] An expletive of asseveration or emphasis.
1663. Killigrew, Pars. Wedd., in Dodsley (1780), XI. 419. You cannot, adad; adad you cannot.
1678. Wycherley, Plain-Dealer, III. i. 35. Adad, I shall make thy Wife jealous of me.
1753. Richardson, Grandison, li. (1781), VI. 312. Adad, adad, said he, I do not know what to make of myself.
1763. Bickerstaff, Love in Village, 37. Why, you look as fresh and bloomy to-day—Adad, you little slut, I believe you are painted.
