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hail-fellow

[ noun heyl-fel-oh; adjective heyl-fel-oh ]

/ noun ˈheɪlˈfɛl oʊ; adjective ˈheɪlˌfɛl oʊ /

noun

Also hail fellow, hail-fellow well met. a spiritedly sociable person; jolly companion.

adjective

sociable; heartily genial: His hail-fellow manner helped him to advance in the sales force.

Origin of hail-fellow

First recorded in 1570–80

Words nearby hail-fellow

haikwan tael, hail, hail columbia, hail from, hail mary, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, haile selassie, haile selassie i, hailey and hailey disease, hailing distance

Example sentences from the Web for hail-fellow

He was hail-fellow well-met, we are told—but is this part of a Browning legend?

Robert Browning |Edward Dowden
I ought to be hail-fellow with the Evil One for not letting you be.

The Quest |Frederik van Eeden
She could be hail-fellow or hard as flint, depending on circumstances.

The Fighting Edge |William MacLeod Raine
He was "hail-fellow, well met," and now he has gone like that.

Quiet Talks on Power |S.D. Gordon

She's hail-fellow with us all—but I tell ye she's got to like a feller all through before he sees the inside of her parlor.

The Eagle's Heart |Hamlin Garland