adiaphory

[Gr. ἀδιαφορία (adia phoria ) = indifference.] Indifference. a-dieu, nominally an adverb, but more resembling the imperative of a verb; also a substantive. [In Ger. and Fr. adieu , fr. Fr. à Dieu = to God.] I. As adverb or imperative of a verb: *1. Originally : A pious commendation of a friend, on parting with him, to God. [See etym.] 2. Now : Farewell; good wishes at parting, expre ed after the French fashion. [ADIO.] It may be spoken to inanimate nature as well as to a person. "My home henceforth is in the skies; Earth, seas, and sun, adieu !" Cowper : Stanza , " Bill of Mortality " (1789). II. As substantive: Farewell. In this sense it has a plural. "Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown." Cowper: Mother's Picture. a-dight ( gh silent), a. [A.S. adihtan = to dre , to equip. Made up, fitted up, done up, dre ed, equipped.] [BEDIGHT, DIGHT.] "Yonder ben tuo yonge men, wonder well adight , And para venture there ben mo, who so loked aright." Chaucer: C. T. , 635, 636.