farewell
Plural: farewells
Noun
- an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
- the act of departing politely
- "he disliked long farewells"
- A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure.
- A departure; the act of leaving.
Adj
- Parting, valedictory, final.
Intj
- Goodbye; vale.
Verb
Verb Forms: farewelled, farewelling, farewells
- To bid goodbye; to say adieu.
- To bid farewell or say goodbye.
Examples
- a farewell discourse; the band's farewell tour
- He bid farewell to all of his fans.
- He had to FAREWELL his chances of winning after a missed opportunity on a triple-word score.
- He said "Farewell!" and left.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English farewel, from fare wel! (and the variants with the personal pronoun "fare ye well" and "fare you well" used in the Renaissance), an imperative expression, possibly further derived from Old English *far wel!, equivalent to fare (“to fare, travel, journey”) + well. Compare Scots farewele, fairweill (“farewell”), Saterland Frisian Foarwäil (“farewell”), West Frisian farwol (“farewell”), German Fahrwol, Fahrwohl,
East Frisian forwal,
Dutch vaarwel (“farewell (sadly)”), Danish farvel (“farewell”), Norwegian farvel (“farewell”), Swedish farväl (“farewell”), Faroese farvæl (“goodbye”), Icelandic far vel (“farewell”). The extensive list of cognates suggests a postulated ultimate Proto-Germanic phrase of origin, possibly something akin to *far wela.
Scrabble Score: 14
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