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apopemptic

[ ap-uh-pemp-tik ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to leave-taking or departing; valedictory.


noun

  1. Obsolete. a farewell address; valedictory.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of apopemptic1

First recorded in 1745–55; from Greek DZ𳾱پó “of, pertaining to sending away,” equivalent to DZé(𾱲) “to send away, dismiss” ( apo- + é𾱲 “to send, dispatch”) + -tikos; apo-, -tic
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Example Sentences

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He could be shed-a-tear somber in “Apopemptic,” which means leave-taking and is a tribute to Louis Andriessen.

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Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.

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Yale's conservative Calliopean Society, nurtured by that angry Yale Locke, William F. Buckley Jr., author of the apopemptic God and Man at Yale and now editor of the National Review, has a waiting list.

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