goodnesse

== English == === Noun === goodnesse (countable and uncountable, plural goodnesses) Obsolete spelling of goodness. === Anagrams === good sense == Middle English == === Alternative forms === godenes, godenesse, godnes, godnese, godnesse, goodnes guodnesse (Kent) goddnes, gudeness (Northern) godnæsse, godnisse, godnysse (Early Middle English) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English gōdnes, from Proto-West Germanic *gōdnassī; equivalent to good +‎ -nesse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡoːdnɛs(ə)/ === Noun === goodnesse (plural goodnesses) A good thing or things; that which is good: A good or useful attribute or characteristic. A good or useful act or behaviour. Good, benefit; that which is advantageous. Goodness; the state of being good: Virtue; moral character or behaviour. Utility, efficaciousness, power. Benevolence; a favorable attitude. ==== Descendants ==== English: goodness Scots: guidness, gudeness Yola: goounees, goouness ==== References ==== “gọ̄dnes(se, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.