waygoing

[wey-goh-ing]

noun

Chiefly Scot. and North England.

1. the act of leaving; departure; leave-taking.

Word History and Origins

Origin of waygoing¹

First recorded in 1625–35; way ¹ + going

Example Sentences

Yet what it cost us to depart—at least till we were out of the gates of the city—I cannot write down, for to both of us the first waygoing seemed bitter as death.

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"To kiss you, perhaps, at the waygoing?" he insinuated.

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