Adios
intj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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 a farewell remark wordnet
- 1 To leave; to literally or figuratively say “adios” to.
"About an hour later I adiosed the office."
- 2 To get rid of.
"By the time they got there, somebody’d adiosed the corpse."
- 1 goodbye
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish adiós; see there for more. Doublet of adieu.
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