Definition of Good night

1. Noun. A conventional expression of farewell.

Generic synonyms: Farewell, Word Of Farewell

Definition of Good night

1. Phrase. A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Good Night

good job
good jobs
good length
good lick
good looking
good looks
good luck
good luck charm
good manners
good morning
good mornings
good morrow
good nature
good naturedness
good news
good night (current term)
good now
good offices
good ol'
good ol' boy
good ol' boys
good old
good old boy
good old boy network
good old boys
good ole
good ole boy
good on you
good part
good people

Literary usage of Good night

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore by Thomas Moore (1910)
"good night ! ' you' 11 murmur with a sigh, And tell me it is time to fly ... Till slumber seal our weary sight— And then, my love, my soul, ' good night ! ..."

2. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"The rose, so ruddy in the light, Bends on its stem all rayless now, And by its side the lily white, A sister shadow, seems to bow: good nightgood night The ..."

3. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (1897)
"This was literally bidding " good night " to my native land. CHAPTER II. THE first day we passed at sea was the Sabbath. As we were just from port, ..."

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