good-den

English

Alternative forms

• good den
• goodden
• godden
• God-den
• God give you good den, corrupted into Godgigoden, Godigeden

Etymology

Corruption of good e'en, for good evening.

Interjection

good-den

1. (obsolete) A salutation; "good evening".
   • 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:

     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.

Translations

good evening — see good evening

References

• “good-den”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Dodgeon, noodged