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goodie en · INTJ · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd. Proto-Germanic *gōdaz Proto-West Germanic *gōd Old English gōd Middle English good English good Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English goodie From good + -ie (suffix forming colloquialisms).

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of goody.
    alt of goody

goodie en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd. Proto-Germanic *gōdaz Proto-West Germanic *gōd Old English gōd Middle English good English good Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English goodie From good + -ie (nominal suffix).

Meanings

  1. (informal) A good character in a story, often a hero.
    • All the press, the people and their elected leaders want to know who are the goodies and who are the baddies. 1986 February 13, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “A Victory for Democracy”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):
    • What really gets to me in these goodies versus baddies movies is just how useless the baddies are. 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 127:
  2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of goody.
    alt of goody

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
goodies Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

baddie

Deriveds

goodie bag · oldie but goodie

Relateds

goody · goodie two shoes · goodie-goodie

Translations (7)

ru положи́тельный геро́й (a good character in a story) · pt mocinho (a good character in a story) · es bueno (a good character in a story) · fi sankari (a good character in a story) · ru до́брый (a good character in a story) · fr gentil (a good character in a story) · ru хоро́ший (a good character in a story)