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[uh-dooz, uh-dyooz; Fr. a-dyœ
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a·dieu
[uh-doo, uh-dyoo; Fr. a-dyœ] interjection, noun, plural a·dieus, a·dieux [uh-dooz, uh-dyooz; Fr. a-dyœ] . interjection
1.
good-bye; farewell.
noun
2.
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
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- The senators danced and bounced around, some rejoicing in a victory over gambling, some bidding adieu to the insect invaders.
- Patrick bids adieu to his plesiosaur and ichthyosaur sandwich.
- Newark bid adieu last week to an establishment best known as a hot-sheet motel and an incubator for prodigious amounts of crime.
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adieu
late 14c., from O.Fr. adieu, from phrase a dieu (vous) commant "I commend (you) to God," from a "to" (from L. ad) + dieu "God," from L. deum, acc. of deus "god," from PIE *deiwos (see Zeus). Originally said to the party left; farewell was to the party setting forth.
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