All 5 Uses of
adieu
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- LYSANDER Helena, adieu: As you on him, Demetrius dote on you!†
Scene 1.1adieu = goodbye
- Take pains; be perfect; adieu.†
Scene 1.2 *
- Tongue, not a word:— Come, trusty sword; Come, blade, my breast imbrue; And farewell, friends:— Thus Thisbe ends; Adieu, adieu, adieu.†
Scene 5.1
- Tongue, not a word:— Come, trusty sword; Come, blade, my breast imbrue; And farewell, friends:— Thus Thisbe ends; Adieu, adieu, adieu.†
Scene 5.1
- Tongue, not a word:— Come, trusty sword; Come, blade, my breast imbrue; And farewell, friends:— Thus Thisbe ends; Adieu, adieu, adieu.†
Scene 5.1
Definition:
a farewell remark (an alternative to goodbye)
Adieu is typically more formal than bye. It comes from the French, à Dieu which literally means "to God" — as in I entrust you to God's care.