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Adios

//ˌæ.diˈɒs// intj, noun, verb

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    goodbye
Noun
  1. 1
    A goodbye.

    "In fifteen minutes I had finished eating, swilled a cup of industrial strength scorch, got Solly’s keys and all the dope on how to handle his big new DeSoto, received a sack of ribs from Cleo to eat along the way and paid my adioses to Trumbo and Len Fugate who saw Helen and me to the door."

  2. 2
    a farewell remark wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To leave; to literally or figuratively say “adios” to.

    "About an hour later I adiosed the office."

  2. 2
    To get rid of.

    "By the time they got there, somebody’d adiosed the corpse."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish adiós; see there for more. Doublet of adieu.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish adiós; see there for more. Doublet of adieu.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish adiós; see there for more. Doublet of adieu.

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