goody.
Used to indicate pleasure or delight.
Meaning & usage
Used to indicate pleasure or delight.
Oh goody, ice cream!
Where this word comes from
From good + -y (suffix forming colloquialisms), influenced by the noun (Etymology 2).
A small amount of something good to eat.
Any small, usually free, item.
Pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.
Alternative form of goodie (“hero, good character in a story”).
That which is good, the good part of something, which one desires to extract or use up.
An American fish, the lafayette or spot.
Where this word comes from
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).
Synonym of goody-goody (“mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or pious”).
Where this word comes from
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).
Goodwife, a 17th-century Puritan honorific for an adult woman.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of goodwife + -y (diminutive suffix). Compare hussy from housewife, the obsolete pronunciation /ˈmɪdɪf/ of midwife, and less directly, missus from mistress.
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