valedictory

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to a valediction; designed for or suitable to an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.
• Of or pertaining to a valedictorian.

Noun

• An address given on an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.
• A speech given by a valedictorian at a commencement or graduation ceremony.

Origin

• . Valedictum is the accusative supine of valedīcō, from valē (the imperative of valeō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-) + dīcō (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-).