Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Telemachus/021
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[edit | edit source]Zut ! Nom de Dieu ! (French) Go to hell! Goddamn![1] Zut is a coarse exclamation signifying refusal or (as here) dismissal.[2] Nom de Dieu (literally, name of God) is a blasphemous oath signifying shock or indignation.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Gifford (1988) 26.
- ↑ Alfred Delvau, Dictionnaire de la Langue Verte.