Adieu
[ə'djuː] or [ə'du]
Definition
(interj. & adv.) Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.
(n.) A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Farewell, good-by, fare-you-well, God bless you.
n. Farewell, valediction, leave-taking.
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Definition
adv. (I commend you) to God: farewell.—n. a farewell:—pl. Adieus or Adieux (a-dūz′).
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of bidding cheerful adieus to people, denotes that you will make pleasant visits and enjoy much social festivity; but if they are made in a sad or doleful strain, you will endure loss and bereaving sorrow. If you bid adieu to home and country, you will travel in the nature of an exile from fortune and love. To throw kisses of adieu to loved ones, or children, foretells that you will soon have a journey to make, but there will be no unpleasant accidents or happenings attending your trip.
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Examples
- We will now if you please say adieu. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Once more adieu, my dear sister. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- With this unconfessed confession, her letters glowed; it kindled them, from greeting to adieu. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Once more adieu; vale tandem, non immemor mei. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Adieu, I send heaps of love to Papa. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He obeyed the order, but bade his command adieu when he got them to Jackson, and went to St. Louis and reported himself. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- After Mrs. Sedley had taken an hysterical adieu of her daughter, the pair went off to the carriage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Adieu, mademoiselle! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Adieu, my dear Margaret. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Adieu, you old man, grey. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- My Dear Mentor, Please make my adieux to your aunt, and exult within yourself, for 'Lazy Laurence' has gone to his grandpa, like the best of boys. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Noon approached, and after many adieux and promises to return, he tore himself away. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- On the Monday, when the party disbanded with uproarious adieux, the return to town threw into stronger relief the charms of the life she was leaving. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- With many adieus and good wishes, Mr. Fagin went his way. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mr. Wickham's adieus were much more affectionate than his wife's. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Pray make my excuses and adieus to her. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Many were the tears shed by them in their last adieus to a place so much beloved. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- How cold, how composed were their last adieus! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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