goody

See also: Goody

English

Etymology

good +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʊdi/
• Rhymes: -ʊdi

Interjection

goody

1. (informal) Used to indicate pleasure or delight.

Noun

goody (plural goodies)

1. (informal) A small amount of something good to eat.
2. (informal) Any small, usually free, item.
3. (Ireland) Pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.
4. (obsolete) goodwife, a 17th-century puritan honorific.
5. (informal) Alternative form of goodie (“hero, good character in a story”)
6. An American fish, the lafayette or spot.

Translations

A small amount of something good to eat

• Bulgarian: лакомство (bg) n (lakomstvo)
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Adjective

goody (comparative more goody, superlative most goody)

1. Synonym of goody-goody (“mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or pious”)

Anagrams

• Godoy