good-den
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- good den
- goodden
- godden
- God-den
- God give you good den, corrupted into Godgigoden, Godigeden
Etymology[edit]
Corruption of good e'en, for good evening.
Interjection[edit]
- (obsolete) A salutation; "good evening".
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- [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.
Translations[edit]
good evening — see good evening
References[edit]
- “good-den”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.