good-nightv.
/(ˌ)ɡʊdˈnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌɡʊdˈnaɪt/ transitive. To say goodnight to (a person). Also intransitive.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > bid farewell to > at night
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > bid farewell > at night
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1828 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 3rd Ser. II. 199 ‘Good night, good night’—exit Benson, good-nighting all.
1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 43 After good-nighting, and being good-nighted with another round of ceremony.
1882 Harper's Mag. Aug. 480/2 And he didn't say another word until he good-nighted at the gate.
1955 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 17 Aug. 15/6 But by 9:25, he was tucked, kissed and good-nighted. His lamp was turned out.
2008 Hoosier Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 21 Sept. (Herald-Times ed.) (Parade section) 2/1 I good-nighted him on the air as an inside joke... I've been good-nighting him ever since.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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