goody

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡʊdi/ Rhymes: -ʊdi === Etymology 1 === From good +‎ -y (suffix forming colloquialisms), influenced by the noun (Etymology 2). ==== Alternative forms ==== goodie ==== Interjection ==== goody (informal) Used to indicate pleasure or delight. Synonym: yippee ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From good +‎ -y (nominal suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== goodie ==== 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. (informal) Alternative form of goodie (“hero, good character in a story”). (colloquial, chiefly in phrases with a verb + "the goody out of") That which is good, the good part of something, which one desires to extract or use up. An American fish, the lafayette or spot. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From good +‎ -y (adjectival suffix). ==== Adjective ==== goody (comparative goodier, superlative goodiest) Synonym of goody-goody (“mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or pious”). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 4 === Clipping of goodwife +‎ -y (diminutive suffix). Compare hussy from housewife, the obsolete pronunciation /ˈmɪdɪf/ of midwife, and less directly, missus from mistress. ==== Noun ==== goody (plural goodies) (obsolete) Goodwife, a 17th-century Puritan honorific for an adult woman. ===== Derived terms ===== === References === === Anagrams === Godoy