good-den
English
editAlternative forms
edit- good den
- goodden
- godden
- God-den
- God give you good den, corrupted into Godgigoden, Godigeden
Etymology
editCorruption of good e'en, for good evening.
Interjection
edit- (obsolete) A salutation; "good evening".
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, Much Adoe about Nothing. […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], signatures E2, recto – E2, verso:
- Enter Iohn the Baſtard.
Baſtard My lord and brother, God ſaue you.
Prince Good den brother.
Baſtard If your leiſure ſeru’d, I would ſpeake with you.
Translations
editgood evening — see good evening
References
edit- “good-den”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.