well-met

[ wel-met ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. (used as a salutation or part of a salutation.) Compare hail-fellow 2.

Word History and Origins

Origin of well-met¹

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

Well-met were we three folk; ay, no doubt: I was in a glow of content with this new fortune.

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It could not be that Gordon, could it, with his hail-fellow-well-met manner?

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And surely the crime and the law were in admirable keeping: rustic constable was well met with rustic offender.

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"Well met, Miss Enistor," said the elder man in a genial manner and staring at her very directly.

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And at first he sings small, and is hail-fellow-well-met with Sheamus—that's James of the Glens, my chieftain's agent.

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