Adieu

//əˈdju// intj, noun

intj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.

    "We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America."

  2. 2
    a farewell remark wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.

    "BEATRICE. What fire is in mine ears? Can this be true? Stand I condemn'd for pride and scorn so much? Contempt, farewell! and maiden pride, adieu! No glory lives behind the back of such."

Synonyms

All synonyms
good byeaddioaddioadiosadiosadjö

Example

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"The two bade adieu to their landlady upon Tuesday, the 4th inst., and departed to Euston Station with the avowed intention of catching the Liverpool express."

Etymology

From Middle English adieu also adew, adewe, adue, from Old French adieu (“to God”), a shortening of a Dieu vous comant (“I commend you to God”), from Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Doublet of adios.

Related phrases

bid adieu

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