apopemptic

[ ap-uh-pemp-tik ]

adjective

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

noun

1. Obsolete. a farewell address; valedictory.

Word History and Origins

Origin of apopemptic¹

First recorded in 1745–55; from Greek apopemptikós “of, pertaining to sending away,” equivalent to apopémp(ein) “to send away, dismiss” ( apo- + pémpein “to send, dispatch”) + -tikos; apo-, -tic

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Time Magazine Archive