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‖ au revoir
(‖ o rəvwar, əʊrəvwɑː(r))
[F., = lit. ‘to the seeing again’, i.e. in anticipation of seeing (meeting) you again.]
An expression implying farewell for the present; hence as n., a farewell of this kind. Also occurs in slang abbrevs. aurev., au 'voir, and as a malapropism in the form au reservoir.
1694N. H. Ladies Dict. 15/1 He must kiss his Landlady.., and so parting, says a Revoir, Madam, till I see you again. 1761Chesterfield Let. to his Son 6 Dec. (1774) 455 Au revoir, as Sir Fopling says, and God bless you. 1801M. Edgeworth Belinda II. xv. 117 Instead of adieu, I shall only say—Au revoir! 1853‘C. Bede’ Adv. Verdant Green x. 93 I'm going now in search of an appetite, and I should advise you to take a turn round the Parks and do the same. Au reservoir! 1905Daily Mail 5 Aug. 6/1 The King and Queen, after an au revoir of ceremonious courtesy, left for their own yacht. 1921T. E. Lawrence Let. 1 Oct. (1938) 334 This life goes on till February 28 next year. Au 'voir. 1922Joyce Ulysses 418 Au reservoir, Mossoo. Tanks you. 1924Galsworthy White Monkey i. viii. 59 Oh! Well! You'll bob in anyway. Aurev! 1948S. G. Spaeth Hist. Pop. Mus. in Amer. (1960) vi. 221 That lilting waltz..appeared in 1892, and in the following year Harry Kennedy made his lasting gift to barber-shop quartets with Say Au Revoir but Not Goodbye. |