English Explanatory Dictionary

the dear knows

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. God knows; nobody knows
  2. God knows; of course, certainly, nobody could doubt

Word forms

the dear knows

Etymology

Unclear. Bliss and Dolan suggest a conflation of dear, as in "oh dear" or "the Dear Lord", and deer, by analogy with the conflation in Irish of Fiadha "God" and fiadh "deer".

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