GOODY

dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat

(noun) something considered choice to eat

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Interjection

goody

(informal) Used to indicate pleasure or delight.

Noun

goody (plural goodies)

(informal) A small amount of something good to eat.

(informal) Any small, usually free, item.

(Ireland) Pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.

(obsolete) goodwife, a 17th-century puritan honorific.

(informal) Alternative form of goodie (“hero, good character in a story”)

An American fish, the lafayette or spot.

Adjective

goody (comparative more goody, superlative most goody)

synonym of goody-goody

Anagrams

• Godoy

Etymology

Proper noun

Goody (plural Goodys)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Goody is the 31960th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 722 individuals. Goody is most common among White (79.64%) and Black/African American (11.91%) individuals.

Proper noun

Goody (plural Goodys)

A unisex given name from surnames, of rare usage

Anagrams

• Godoy

Source: Wiktionary


Good"y, n.; pl. Goodies (.

1. A bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl. [Colloq.]

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: An American fish; the lafayette or spot.

Good"y, n.; pl. Goodies. Etym: [Prob. contr. from goodwife.]

Definition: Goodwife; -- a low term of civility or sport.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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