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goodbyen.int.adj. Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: English God be with you; English God be with ye. Etymology: Probably shortened partly < God be with you, and partly < God be with ye (see god n. and int. Phrases 1c(a)(ii), and the note below), with substitution of good adj. for god n. as the first element, probably by association with other greeting formulae, e.g. good day n., good day int., goodnight n., goodnight int.God be with you is attested as a parting valediction from at least the late 15th cent., God be with ye from at least the second half of the 16th cent.; compare e.g.:1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccccxxix/1 Thys poure man departyng and sayeng god be wyth you and at your helpe.c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Aiii Syr god be with you.1560 Nice Wanton sig. Biv I wyl tary no longer here, Fare well, god be with ye. Although most instances of God be with ye can be explained as showing phonetic reduction of the personal pronoun in unstressed position (compare discussion at you pron.), it is possible that some instances may show use of ye pron. as a direct object or as the object of a preposition (see ye pron. 4a). It has been suggested (W. Franz, ‘Good-bye’, in Engl. Studien (1898) 24 344–6) that the phrase may have originated as a shortening of God buy you ‘God redeem you’ (compare buy v. 4a, and also God save you! at save v. Phrases 2b), and that association with God be with you is of later date. Although this suggestion would more readily explain the diphthong in the second syllable, it is not supported by the earliest forms (compare the α. forms). Some of the β. forms with buy do, however, appear to result from later secondary association with buy v.; this association may also have influenced the pronunciation. In early use frequently spelt with word divisions, although solid spellings are attested from the beginning (compare quot. 1575 at sense A. 1). In later use increasingly hyphenated or as one word. In form goodbwi't'ye (compare quot. 1706 at sense B. 1) probably showing alteration for the purposes of rhyme. A. n.the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > parting salutation 1575 G. Harvey (1884) 90 To requite your gallonde of godbwyes, I regive you a pottle of howedyes. 1634 J. Taylor 16 His courtesie is manifest; for he had rather haue one farewell then 20 Godbwyes. 1707 S. Centlivre iii. 33 How! gone a Hundred Mile and ne'er bid one Good bye. 1795 J. O'Keeffe i. i. 5 Devil's in your good bye! Introduce me now to Lord Torrendel. 1853 ‘C. Bede’ iii. 19 The good-byes and write-oftens that usually accompany a departure. 1879 Nov. 100/2 Waving a thousand white-handed good-byes as the funeral swamps slowly shut out again the horizon. 1879 ‘E. Lyall’ xxiv He hurried through his good-byes in the drawing-room. 1903 4 Sept. 2/3 Good byes were in order on the Erin last night. 1961 N. Juster ii. 20 His last goodbye was drowned out by an enormous clap of thunder. 1989 V. Glendinning iv. 45 Helen..turned..to smile her radiant toothy goodbye. 2001 J. Grisham 254 We moved slowly to the Buick, our languid goodbyes taking forever, as usual. 1793 J. O'Keeffe ii. ii. 34 Take your snivelling good-bye on shore—no petticoats come on board my ship. 1881 H. James III. vii. 98 Not that he liked good-byes—he always funked them. 1933 H. Allen I. xxiii. 316 He would also spare himself the lonely, private agony of a good-bye that he scarce dared to face. 1989 Nov. 48/3 Don't go back into the prep area—this tends to make for a teary good-bye. 1989 A. Brookner xvi. 260 ‘I hate goodbyes, Lewis,’ said Goldsborough, his glasses steaming up. 2003 Winter 42/2 Only two funerals per day are held so that goodbyes can be peaceful, dignified and unhurried. B. int.the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of farewell 1578 G. Whetstone iv. ii. sig. Lj Well, now god bwye, Mas lying Promoter, Wees see at the sport. 1598 W. Shakespeare iii. i. 146 I thanke your worship, God be wy you . View more context for this quotation 1599 T. Heywood sig. R3v Gallants God buoye all. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker sig. Dv Farewell. God b'y you Mistresse Gallipot. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1622) i. iii. 188 God bu'y, I ha done. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. ii. 551 I so, God buy'ye [1604 God buy to you]. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. v. 32 God b'uy my Lord. View more context for this quotation a1652 R. Brome City Wit i. ii. sig. B, in (1653) Heartily Godbuy, good Mr. Crasy. a1658 J. Cleveland London Lady in (1687) 237 But mum for that, his strength will scarce supply His Back to the Balcona, so God b' wy. 1706 E. Ward II. ii. 6 So to a Feast should I invite ye, You'd stuff your Guts, and cry, Good bwi't'ye. 1719 in T. D'Urfey III. 135 Good B' w' y! with all my Heart. 1796 W. Cobbett iii. 81 Ducon, as he went away, said to the keeper, good-bye for this time; we shall come again soon to ease you of the rest: I think we have a pretty smart haul for once. 1819 Ld. Byron ccxxi. 113 And so your humble servant, and good bye! 1883 Mar. 764/2 ‘Good-bye’, she sobbed out, ‘you good, old, wicked, foolish, stuck-up Margaret’. 1938 W. Watson i. 14 ‘Well, good-bye, baby,’ said Phil. ‘See you anon.’ 2006 F. Kiernan & G. Hemphill I. iii. 98 Right. I'm away. Goodbye, ladies. 1715 (ed. 4) 146 Good-by to the Mall, The Park and Canal, St. James's Square, And Flaunters there. 1831 18 435/1 It's goodbye to Wellingtons and Cossacks,..the old Shoe Mart is disposed of. 1892 J. Fiske 24 May (1940) 608 Goodbye to collars and cuffs till I see Cambridge. 1893 R. Blennerhassett vi. 181 If the ‘mali’ is not forthcoming that very instant—good-bye to peace! 1913 22 Feb. 1/1 (advt.) Goodbye to the woes of clothes that misbehave and mis-befit; Goodbye to all of your former clothes troubles—when you become a Royal Tailored Man! 1974 29 Nov. 766/1 It's..goodbye to cheap sugar—and perhaps not before time so far as the developing countries are concerned. 2006 8 Apr. (Features section) 4 Goodbye shyness, hello avoidant-personality disorder. Shyness..has been hijacked and given the status of a syndrome. C. adj. ( attributive). the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [adjective] > farewell or leave-taking 1848 Aug. 120 The following day, I gave her a good-bye kiss, and left to be absent for a few weeks. 1854 B. Taylor xxii. 288 The old Turcoman..made a sullen good-by salutation, and left us. 1870 T. W. Higginson 193 Her father would seize Annie for a good-bye kiss. 1922 I. Anderson iv. 205 I..calmly went off to dine with some of my old pals, a sort of goodbye party. 1940 M. Dickens iv. 104 When Mary had suffered the agony of the good-bye kiss, she was free. 1993 L. Colwin i. 9 He and his wife invited me to their good-bye party. 1996 Nov. 232/2 I'd rehearsed a whole good-bye speech that I would deliver while I sobbed and shivered in the cold, damp London night. 2008 (Nexis) 28 Oct. My boyfriend gets so moody when he's been drinking I can't even give friends a goodbye kiss. Phrases P1. to say (also bid, etc.) goodbye. 1694 ii. 152 He flings up his tail..and so bids us good-b'wy. 1748 S. Richardson VI. cxvii. 371 His sisters both drove away yesterday, God be thanked. But they asked not my leave; and hardly bid me good-bye. 1764 F. C. Sheridan v. iii. 60 I am this minute going to leave town, Friendly; and am glad I have met you to bid you good-bye. 1860 J. Tyndall i. xviii. 122 We then bade Ulrich good-bye, and went forward. 1874 F. C. Burnand x. 87 Then he said good-bye to me..and so left me. 1958 B. Wilder & I. A. L. Diamond (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 139 We can't just walk out on her without saying goodbye. 1960 C. Day Lewis ii. 39 He said goodbye to the men in the Forces, speaking with a warmth, a conviction, an utter lack of theatricality. 1966 B. Brophy 30 Divorce is an excellent solution when both married people want to say goodbye. 2007 W. Cane 55 When all's said and done, saying goodbye with a kiss is really quite romantic. 1751 J. Hill ii. 17 The Mother of Mr Jeremy lived to fee him in his forty-eighth Year; at which Period she bid good bye to this troublesome Life. 1857 R. Glisan (1874) viii. 86 I shall be able to say good bye to the messpots of Uncle Sam. 1932 Feb. 11 (advt.) Say good-bye to twenty-five and thirty-five dollars a week. Let me show you how to qualify for real money-making jobs. 1966 8 July 1/2 The Royal Navy laid the No. 4 short magazine Lee-Enfield ·303 service rifle to rest... The Army and the Royal Marines said goodbye to the rifle a few years ago. 1975 Jan. 94/1 Our standard and the new 4-Application Home Perm Kits, used with a hot comb lets you say goodbye to those worries of damaging your hair. 1992 22 Feb. p. I/3 Tokyo housewives have said goodbye to investment trusts, which are the Japanese mutual funds. P2. to kiss (also wave) goodbye. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ xxiii. 230 We see visiting young ladies stand on the stoop, and laugh, and kiss good-bye, and flirt their fans and say ‘Come soon—now do’. 1935 C. Day Lewis 33 On January 8, 1920, their curveting wheels kissed England goodbye. 1959 8 Jan. 50/1 It would be exaggerating the trend to say that the Chinese are almost ready to kiss the Soviet experts goodbye. 1967 Jan.–Apr. 14/1 We waved good-bye..at 10.15 hours heading for Wexford, 75 miles away. 1987 D. Simpson (1988) xiii. 153 Joan kissed him goodbye as usual, but there was no warmth in it, merely a brief contact of flesh against flesh, as impersonal as a social kiss at a party. 1991 C. James (1992) vii. 86 Lilian..had smiled goodbye and gone. 2001 5 Mar. i. 4/8 Malcolm..waved goodbye to passengers aboard the cruise liner Paradise. 1895 12 July 10/3 Give us the Covent Garden ‘Nozze’ of this season, and we are content to kiss good-bye to many deficiencies. 1926 Sept. 576/2 [The majority] have ‘kissed their money goodbye’. 1944 ‘N. Shute’ ix. 209 I'll tell Proctor he can kiss his truck good-bye for the rest of the day. 1970 V. Gielgud v. 45 If she chooses one of the Eltham team for a partner, poor George can kiss the trophy goodbye. 1971 A. Hailey ii. 28 You can stuff a surrender flag up your ass and wave goodbye to any discipline around this place from this day on. 1987 A. Miller (1988) vi. 404 Privately, I thanked my stars that I worked in the theatre, where there was no blacklist; as a film writer, I would now be kissing my career goodbye. 2007 Oct. 128/1 Once eye contact is established, you can kiss goodbye to being able to get lost in your own thoughts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.int.adj.1575 |
