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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

God-speed en · INTJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Godspeed.
    alt of Godspeed

God-speed en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of Godspeed.
    alt of Godspeed
    • But a Devil came in juſt in the God-ſpeed, and told them; Gentlemen Philoſophers, (ſays he) if you vvould knovv the VVretched'ſt, and moſt contemptible thing in the VVorld; It is an Alchymiſt: […] 1667, Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, “The Sixth Vision of Hell”, in R[oger] L[’Estrange], transl., The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, […], London: […] H[enry] Herringman […], →OCLC, page 247:
    • He never danced himself, and there he sat, poking his head in my face, and impressing all the beholders with the idea that he was a confirmed, acknowledged lover; my aunt looking complacently on, all the time, and wishing him God-speed. 1848, Acton Bell [pseudonym; Anne Brontë], “The Warnings of Experience”, in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. […], volume I, London: T[homas] C[autley] Newby, […], →OCLC, page 279:

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God-speeds Number=Plur lexicographic