goodnight
nounEtymology From good + night.
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An instance of saying “good night”; a nighttime farewell.
- At last the pupils had all taken their hats and said their “Goodnights,” and Adam, knowing his old master's habits, rose and said, “Shall I put the candles out, Mr. Massey?”1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Adam Bede […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
- The afternoon passed into evening, and the sparrows began to twitter their goodnights in their lodgings on the roof and crevices of the chimney; […]1873, E. H. D. Kay, Emma Simonet, Twilight Stories, page 153:
2 more examples
- George wakes, hearing the confused goodnights of the departing guests.1919, Monica M. Gardner, The Anonymous Poet of Poland: Zygmunt Krasinski, page 114:
- Ray and Josh spoke their goodnights.1999, Wanda Coleman, Mambo Hips and Make Believe: A Novel, →ISBN, page 100: