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▪ I. ‖ sacré, n.2|sakre|
[Fr., cf. sacré v.2]
(The utterance of) the word ‘sacré’ as a profane imprecation.
1828Lytton Pelham I. xix. 148 He uttered a short, low, laugh..; and, pushing through the atmosphere of sacrés and mille tonnerres..strode quickly to the door.
▪ II. ‖ sacré, a.2|sakre|
[Fr.: cf. sacré v.2]
Holy, sacred, used in various French oaths, as sacré bleu |sakre blø|, also sacre bleu, sacrebleu, a euphemism for sacré Dieu; sacré Dieu |sakre djø|; sacré nom |sakre nɔ̃|, sacré tonnerre |sakre tɔnɛr|.
1768Sterne Sent. Journ. II. 134 If there is but a cap-full of wind in or about Paris, 'tis more blasphemously sacre Dieu'd there than in any other aperture of the whole city. 1869‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. xxvii. 294 Is, ah—is he dead?’ ‘Oh, sacre bleu, been dead three thousan' year!’. 1901S. Weyman Count Hannibal i. 1 Sacré nom, am I King, or a dog of a ―. 1905Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel i. 10 ‘Sacré tonnerre,’ said the captain. 1923W. J. L. Locke Moordius & Co. ii. 23 Sacrebleu! the world had changed since 1870. 1974K. Benton Craig & Tunisian Tangle vi. 63 But sacre bleu! you can't depend on that.
▪ III. sacré, v.2|sakre|
[f. F. sacré, lit. ‘sacred’, used ellipt. as an oath.]
intr. To utter the French exclamation ‘sacré’.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. v. iv. 248 Vengeful Gardes Françaises, sacreing, with knit brows, start out on him. 1856G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Cov. xxiii, The Frenchman sacréed, and fumed, and stormed. |