GREETINGS

Noun

greetings

plural of greeting

Interjection

greetings

(sometimes, formal, sometimes, humorous) hello

Anagrams

• geestring, gingerest, regesting

Source: Wiktionary


GREETING

Greet"ing, n.

Definition: Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent. Write to him . . . gentle adieus and greetings. Shak.

Syn.

– Salutation; salute; compliment.

GREET

Greet, a.

Definition: Great. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Greet, v. i. Etym: [OE. greten, AS. grtan, grlan; akin to Icel. grata, Sw. gita, Dan. grde, Goth. grctan; cf. Skr. hrd to sound, roar. sq. root50.]

Definition: To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also greit.] Spenser.

Greet, n.

Definition: Mourning. [Obs.] Spenser.

Greet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Greeting.] Etym: [OE. greten, AS. grtan to address, approach; akin to OS. gr, LG gröten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. grĂ¼ssen.]

1. To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token. My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you. Shak.

2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad. In vain the spring my senses greets. Addison.

3. To accost; to address. Pope.

Greet, v. i.

Definition: To meet and give salutations. There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. Shak.

Greet, n.

Definition: Greeting. [Obs.] F. Beaumont.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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