apopemptic

[ ap-uh-pemp-tik ]

/ ˌæp əˈpɛmp tɪk /

adjective

pertaining to leave-taking or departing; valedictory.

noun

Obsolete. a farewell address; valedictory.

Nearby words

aponeurorrhaphy, aponeurosis, aponeurositis, aponeurotic fibroma, aponeurotomy, apopemptic, apophasis, apophis, apophonic, apophony, apophthegm

Origin of apopemptic

1745–55; < Greek apopemptikós of, pertaining to sending away, equivalent to apopémp(ein) to send away, dismiss (apo- apo- + pémpein to send, dispatch) + -tikos -tic