palsambleu
French
Alternative forms
- parsambleu
Etymology
Bowdlerized form of par le sang de Dieu (“by God's blood”, literally “by the blood of God”), replacing Dieu (“God”) by bleu (“blue”). Compare parbleu, sacrebleu, and other related substitutions.
Further reading
- “palsambleu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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