goodness

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English goodnesse, godnesse, from Old English gōdnes (“goodness; virtue; kindness”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdnassī (“goodness”), equivalent to good +‎ -ness. Cognate with Scots guidness (“goodness”), West Frisian goedens (“goodness”), Old High German guotnessī (“goodness”), Middle High German guotnisse (“goodness”), Russian годность (godnostʹ, “suitability, fitness”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡʊdnəs/, /ˈɡʊ(d)nɪs/ === Noun === goodness (countable and uncountable, plural goodnesses) (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being good. (countable) The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something. (uncountable, euphemistic) God. (Christianity) The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:goodness ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “goodness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “goodness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “goodness”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Interjection === goodness Clipping of goodness me or various similar exclamations such as goodness gracious. === Anagrams === dog's nose