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demnition

adj · adv · intj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Damned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

  • 1841, Edward FitzGerald, letter to W. F. Pollock dated 10 February, 1841, in The Variorum and Definitive Edition of the Poetical and Prose Writings of Edward FitzGerald, Volume 7, p. 22, Luckily for you, my farming is a good deal hindered by these demnition snows and frosts [...]

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2

adv

Meaning 2

Damned, very.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

  • 1918, Clarence Herbert New, The Unseen Hand: Stories of Diplomatic Adventure, New York: Caldwell, Chapter 1, p. 12, They read a bloomin’ magazine story clear through from start to finish—written by a man who’s not even English, I’m told—an’ then are so demnition thick they don’t even know it’s pure fiction!

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3

intj

Meaning 3

Damn (used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc.).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, obsolete

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History

Etymology

Alteration of damnation; appears to have been popularized by the speech of the character Mr. Mantalini in Charles Dickens’ novel Nicholas Nickleby (1839).