deuced

American  

[doo-sid, dyoo-, doost, dyoost] / ˈdu sɪd, ˈdju-, dust, djust /

adjective

1. devilish; confounded; damned.

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adverb

1. deucedly.

deuced British  

/ ˈdjuːsɪd, djuːst /

adjective

1. (intensifier, usually qualifying something undesirable) damned; confounded

   he's a deuced idiot

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adverb

1. (intensifier)

   deuced good luck

Other Word Forms

• deucedly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of deuced

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

Example Sentences

Only the other day the Prime Minister himself said, 'Talbot, you're becoming a deuced bore about that voyage of yours.'

From Time Magazine Archive

Well, it may be all right for you; but it seems deuced uncomfortable to me.

From Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends by Standish, Burt L.

Oh, I say, Vanulm," he drawled, "don't be in such a deuced hurry to get their coin.

From Loaded Dice by Clark, Ellery H.

"He ain't even broken the skin, and I've given you a couple of sovs.—a deuced lot more than those bags of yours ever cost."

From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie

It’s a deuced odd thing, but that chap I got out of the pond, you know—to this day I can’t make out whether I killed him or whether he killed himself.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram