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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.
A low term of civility; as goody Dobson.

Definition 2024


goody

goody

English

Interjection

goody

  1. Used to indicate pleasure or delight.

Noun

goody (plural goodies)

  1. A small amount of something good to eat.
  2. Any small, usually free, item.
  3. (Ireland) pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.
  4. (obsolete) shortening of goodwife, a 17th century puritan honorific.
  5. protagonist or hero
  6. An American fish, the lafayette or spot.

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