adios

alternative adiós

1. goodbye

   Synonyms: addio, adieu, aloha, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, ayubowan, bye

plural adioses · alternative adiós

1. A goodbye.

   Bill McCauley also said his adioses as he’s departing this summer to rejuvenate the DCS for Doctrine at TRADOC.

   1989 October, Dave Gerard, “’68”, in Assembly, volume XLVIII, number 3, New York, N.Y.: the Association of Graduates, USMA, pages 121–122

   2 more examples

   In fifteen minutes I had finished eating, swilled a cup of industrial strength scorch, got Solly’s keys and all the dope on how to handle his big new DeSoto, received a sack of ribs from Cleo to eat along the way and paid my adioses to Trumbo and Len Fugate who saw Helen and me to the door.

   1982, Gordon DeMarco, The Canvas Prison, Germinal Press, →ISBN, page 123

   At the end of the evening, some of the students accompanied Lezama back to the religious residence where he was staying and said their adioses.

   2005, Food Arts

present singular third person adioses · participle present adiosing · participle past adiosed · past adiosed · alternative adiós

1. To leave; to literally or figuratively say “adios” to.

   About an hour later I adiosed the office.

   2003, Vivian Livingston, as told to Sherrie Krantz, Vivian Lives, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 93

   3 more examples

   “Oh, yes, I’m so happy that my latest codelincuente has adiosed me,” I scoff.

   2019, Jessica Shubert, My Name is Runaway, Page Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

   Three cups later, he and Juana stacked together their collated notes and he adiosed the kids and caregivers.

   2020, Melanie Greene, Roll Play, →ISBN

   “ONE THING you need to be clear on,” Patti says after we’ve adiosed the scene, doubling back now to drive me to my car.

   2021, James Patterson, David Ellis, The Red Book, Penguin Books, →ISBN

2. To get rid of.

   She also adiosed the eye contact.

   2008, Suzanne Brockmann, Into the Fire, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 219

   1 more example

   By the time they got there, somebody’d adiosed the corpse.

   1993, Scott Turow, Pleading Guilty, Viking, →ISBN, page 244