good-den
English
Alternative forms
- good den
- goodden
- godden
- God-den
- God give you good den, corrupted into Godgigoden, Godigeden
Etymology
Corruption of good e'en, for good evening.
Interjection
good-den
- (obsolete) A salutation; "good evening".
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 2
- [Enter DON JOHN.]
- DON JOHN. My lord and brother, God save you!
- DON PEDRO. Good den, brother.
- DON JOHN. If your leisure served, I would speak with you.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 2
Translations
good evening — see good evening
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for good-den in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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