goodness
nominterjectioncourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈɡʊdnəs//
- //ˈɡʊ(d)nɪs//
The state or characteristic of being good.
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The state or characteristic of being good.
There is ſome ſoule of goodneſſe in things euill, / VVould men obſeruingly 'diſtill it out.
Rich, raisiny, smoky, coffee goodness: that is the flavor of urfa biber.
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The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
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God.
Thank goodness that the war is over!
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The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue.
But the fruit of the ſpirit is loue, ioy, peace, long ſuffering, gentleneſſe, goodneſſe, faith, / Meekeneſſe, temperance: againſt ſuch there is no law.
Étymologie
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”).
interjection
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Variante de goodness me or various similar exclamations such as goodness graciousClipping of goodness me or various similar exclamations such as goodness gracious.
Formes
- pluriel
- goodnesses
goodness · The state or characteristic of being good.
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