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Webster 1913 Edition
Goody
Good′y
,Noun.
pl.
Goodies
. 1.
A bonbon, cake, or the like; – usually in the
pl.
[Colloq.]
2.
(Zool.)
An American fish; the lafayette or spot.
Good′y
,Noun.
pl.
Goodies
(#)
. [Prob. contr. from
goodwife
.] Goodwife; – a low term of civility or sport.
Webster 1828 Edition
Goody
GOOD'Y
,Noun.
Definition 2024
goody
goody
English
Interjection
goody
Noun
goody (plural goodies)
- A small amount of something good to eat.
- Any small, usually free, item.
- (Ireland) pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.
- (obsolete) shortening of goodwife, a 17th century puritan honorific.
- protagonist or hero
- An American fish, the lafayette or spot.