good-den en · INTJ
Etymology
Corruption of good e'en, for good evening.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A salutation; "good evening".
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.
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| godden | alternative | lexicographic | |
| good den | alternative | lexicographic | |
| God give you good den | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Godigeden | alternative | lexicographic | |
| God-den | alternative | lexicographic | |
| goodden | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Godgigoden | alternative | lexicographic |