Goodness
intj, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 The state or characteristic of being good. uncountable
"There is ſome ſoule of goodneſſe in things euill, / VVould men obſeruingly 'diſtill it out."
- 2 moral excellence or admirableness wordnet
- 3 The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something. countable
- 4 that which is pleasing or valuable or useful wordnet
- 5 God. euphemistic, uncountable
"Thank goodness that the war is over!"
Show 1 more definition
- 6 The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue. countable, uncountable
"But the fruit of the ſpirit is loue, ioy, peace, long ſuffering, gentleneſſe, goodneſſe, faith, / Meekeneſſe, temperance: againſt ſuch there is no law."
- 1 Clipping of goodness me or various similar exclamations such as goodness gracious. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Example
More examples"Thank goodness, you've come to."
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”).