good-night

good-night

English

Alternative forms

• goodnight

Verb

good-night (third-person singular simple present good-nights, present participle good-nighting, simple past and past participle good-nighted)

1. To utter the farewell “good night”.
   • 1920, Interlude, page 40:

     And he didn’t say another word until he good-nighted at the gate.

   • 1927, Journal of the Outdoor Life, page 272:

     […] the “Lothario” of the young lady’s temporary choice was good-nighted in her sweetest voice.

   • 1996, Yann Martel, Self, Alfred A. Knopf Canada, page 36:

     We were good-nighted and kissed by the crowd of parents.