Goody

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • interjection. Used to express delight.
  • n. Something attractive or delectable, especially something sweet to eat.
  • n. Archaic A goodwife.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • interjection. Used to indicate pleasure or delight.
  • n. A small amount of something good to eat.
  • n. Any small, usually free, item.
  • n. shortening of goodwife, a 17th century puritan honorific.
  • n. protagonist or hero
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl.
  • n. An American fish; the lafayette or spot.
  • n. Goodwife; -- a low term of civility or sport.
  • adj. Weakly or sentimentally good; affectedly good; -- often in the reduplicated form goody-goody.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Weakly good in morals or religion; characterized by good intentions or pious phrasing without vital force; pious but futile; nambypamby: often reduplicated, goody-good, goody-goody.
  • n. A sweetmeat; a bonbon: most frequently used in the plural.
  • n. A term of civility applied to women in humble life: as, goody Dobson.
  • n. In some colleges, a woman who makes beds, sweeps, and takes general care of students' rooms.
  • n. The spot or lafayette, a sciænoid fish, Liostomus xanthurus: more fully called Cape May goody.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. something considered choice to eat
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    Hyponym
    titbit    nectar    savoury    choice morsel    ambrosia    bone marrow    tidbit    sweet    gelatin    jelly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    goodwife    righteous    sweetmeat   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Woodie    Woody    goodie    woodie    woody   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pastry    snack    cracker    tidbit    weaponry    gadget    trinket