well-met

American  

[wel-met] / ˈwɛlˈmɛt /

adjective

Archaic.

1. (used as a salutation or part of a salutation.)

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Etymology

Origin of well-met

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

The two men were well-met because Mohr embodies Kasich’s style.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2015

But Gaitskell is no hail-fellow well-met among the horny-handed men of Britain's labor unions.

From Time Magazine Archive

You sometimes see him in this country�a stocky, gruff, mop-headed little figure sitting in the quiet corner of a hotel dining room, or booming greetings and blocking the sidewalk with a well-met friend.

From Time Magazine Archive

Signors, well-met: The lazy morn has scarcely trimm'd herself To entertain the sun; she still retains The slimy tincture of the banish'd night: I hardly could discern you.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

I fear I must again ask the critic's kind indulgence for an illustrator who has only too obviously never figured as the hailfellow well-met in aristocratic London saloons.

From A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... by Jabberjee, Hurry Bungsho