Associations to the word «Adieu»

Wiktionary

ADIEU, interjection. Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
ADIEU, noun. A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.

Dictionary definition

ADIEU, noun. A farewell remark; "they said their good-byes".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats