fare-thee-well

1. 1.

   state of perfection; the utmost degree

   “they polished the furniture to a fare-thee-well”

   Broaderperfection

Questions about fare-thee-well

What does fare-thee-well mean?

fare-thee-well means "state of perfection; the utmost degree".

How many syllables are in fare-thee-well?

fare-thee-well has 4 syllables: fa-re--thee--well. The stress falls on "re-".

Is fare-thee-well a common word?

fare-thee-well is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.