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adj
Synonym of goody-goody (“mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or pious”).
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Synonyms: goody-goody
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intj
Used to indicate pleasure or delight.
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Usage: informal
Synonyms: yippee
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name
A surname from Old English.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A small amount of something good to eat.
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Usage: informal
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noun
Any small, usually free, item.
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Usage: informal
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noun
Pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.
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Usage: Ireland
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noun
Alternative form of goodie (“hero, good character in a story”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, informal
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noun
That which is good, the good part of something, which one desires to extract or use up.
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Usage: colloquial
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noun
An American fish, the lafayette or spot.
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noun
Goodwife, a 17th-century Puritan honorific for an adult woman.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
something considered choice to eat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, kickshaw, treat
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Broader terms: nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
Narrower terms: choice morsel, tidbit, titbit, savory, savoury, sweet, confection, ambrosia, nectar, gelatin, jelly, marrow, bone marrow
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ghedh-der. Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd. Proto-Germanic *gōdaz Proto-West Germanic *gōd Old English gōd Middle English good English good Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English goody From good + -y (adjectival suffix).
From good + -y (suffix forming colloquialisms), influenced by the noun (Etymology 2).
From Middle English Godeve (female given name), from Old English Godġifu (female given name), from god + ġifu. Doublet of Godiva.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ghedh-der. Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd. Proto-Germanic *gōdaz Proto-West Germanic *gōd Old English gōd Middle English good English good Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English goody From good + -y (nominal suffix).
Clipping of goodwife + -y (diminutive suffix). Compare hussy from housewife, the obsolete pronunciation /ˈmɪdɪf/ of midwife, and less directly, missus from mistress.
Across languages
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