deuced

[ doo-sid, dyoo-; doost, dyoost ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

deuced

/ ˈdjuːsɪd; djuːst /

intensifier, usually qualifying something undesirable damned; confounded
he's a deuced idiot

Origin of deuced¹

First recorded in 1775–1785; deuce ² + -ed ³

Well, if you do either lose baggage or want to buy a trunk already marked, deuced if I ain't the man to call on.

I'm panning out about this, because it seems so deuced interesting and I should like to know what you and Barbara think.

Anyway, you're behaving like a brick to them both, and Ronnie is a deuced old duffer for giving you up.

Sometimes he enters the room sniffing, and remarks, How deuced good the coffee smells roasting!

I was saying, Admiral, your daughter gave a deuced fine performance last night.

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