adad

Interjection

1. (Late, Modern, obsolete) Expressing emphasis or asseveration; indeed.
   • “And adad,” said Andrew, “you had best not neglect these orders of that worthy knight […].”1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.4
   • ‘We'll have no ranting, Dick,’ said the old Knight to the young Franklin; ‘adad, man, we'll have none, for three reasons.’1822, Walter Scott, Peveril

Proper noun capitalized: Adad

Adad

1. The god of storms in Mesopotamian mythology.
   • Adad was often depicted in human form, standing on a bull and wearing a horned headdress and a tiered skirt decorated with stars.1998, Tamra Andrews, Dictionary of Nature Myths, Oxford, published 2000, page 4
   • The beauty of the sun god, Shamash, shone in his face, and the courage of the storm god, Adad, was in his blood.2003, Janet Parker, Julie Stanton, editors, Mythology: Myths, Legends and Fantasies, Cape Town, published 2006, page 326