goodie

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊdi

Etymology 1

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

English -ie

English goodie

From good + -ie (suffix forming colloquialisms).

Interjection

goodie

1. Alternative spelling of goody.

Etymology 2

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

English -ie

English goodie

From good + -ie (nominal suffix).

Noun

goodie (plural goodies)

1. (informal) A good character in a story, often a hero.

   Alternative form: goody

   Antonym: baddie

   • 1986 February 13, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “A Victory for Democracy”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):

     All the press, the people and their elected leaders want to know are the goodies and who are the baddies.

   • 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 127:

     What really gets to me in these goodies versus baddies movies is just how useless the baddies are.

2. Alternative spelling of goody.

Derived terms

• goodie bag
• oldie but goodie

Related terms

• goodie-goodie
• goodie two shoes

Translations

a good character in a story

• Finnish: sankari (fi)
• French: gentil (fr) m
• Portuguese: mocinho m
• Russian: положи́тельный геро́й m (položítelʹnyj gerój), хоро́ший (ru) m (xoróšij), до́брый (ru) m (dóbryj)
• Spanish: bueno (es) m