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good
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: go?od, IPA(key): /??d/
- (General American) IPA(key): [???d], [???d]
- (AAVE) enPR: go?o(d), IPA(key): /??(d)/
- Rhymes: -?d
Etymology 1
From Middle English good, from Old English g?d, from Proto-West Germanic *g?d, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed?- (“to unite, be associated, suit”). Cognate with Russian ??????? (gódnyj, “fit, well-suited, good for; (coll.) good”), ??? (god), "year", via "suitable time". Not related to the word god.
Alternative forms
- g’d (poetic contraction)
- goode (obsolete)
Adjective
good (comparative better, superlative best)
- (of people)
- Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
- 1460-1500, The Towneley Plays?
- It is not good to be alone, to walk here in this worthly wone.
- 1500?, Evil Tongues?
- If any man would begin his sins to reny, or any good people that frae vice deed rest ain. What so ever he were that to virtue would apply, But an ill tongue will all overthrow again.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Ch.6
- When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.
- 1460-1500, The Towneley Plays?
- Competent or talented.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- And Marsha says I am a good cook!
- And Marsha says I am a good cook!
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.
- Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).
- (US) Satisfied or at ease
- (archaic) Of high rank or birth.
- Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
- (of capabilities)
- Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
- 1526, Herball?
- Against cough and scarceness of breath caused of cold take the drink that it hath been sodden in with Liquorice[,] or that the powder hath been sodden in with dry figs[,] for the same the electuary called dyacalamentum is good[,] and it is made thus.
- 1526, Herball?
- Effective.
- There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
- (obsolete) Real; actual; serious.
- Love no man in good earnest.
- Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
- (properties and qualities)
- (of food)
- Edible; not stale or rotten.
- Having a particularly pleasant taste.
- c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11:
- Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke […] caste þher-to Safroun an Salt […]
- 1962 (quoting 1381 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:
- dorr??, d?r? adj. & n. […] cook. glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~. […] 1381 Pegge Cook. Recipes page 114: For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons […] Nym wyn […] toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
- c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11:
- Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
- Edible; not stale or rotten.
- Healthful.
- Pleasant; enjoyable.
- Favourable.
- Unblemished; honourable.
- Beneficial; worthwhile.
- Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
- My reasons are both good and weighty.
- (of food)
- (colloquial, when with and) Very, extremely. See good and.
- Holy (especially when capitalized) .
- (of quantities)
- Reasonable in amount.
- Large in amount or size.
- The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them, […].
- Full; entire; at least as much as.
- Reasonable in amount.
Usage notes
The comparative gooder and superlative goodest are nonstandard.In informal (often jocular) contexts, best may be inflected further and given the comparative bester and the superlative bestest; these forms are also nonstandard.
Synonyms
- (having positive attributes): not bad, all right, satisfactory, decent, see also Thesaurus:good
- (healthful): well
- (competent or talented): accomplished
- (acting in the interest of good; ethical): See Thesaurus:goodness
Antonyms
- (having positive attributes): bad, poor
- (ethical): bad, evil
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
good
- That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
- Good! I can leave now.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English goode (“good, well”, adverb), from the adjective. Compare Dutch goed (“good, well”, adverb), German gut (“good, well”, adverb), Danish godt (“good, well”, adverb), Swedish godt (“good, well”, adverb), all from the adjective.
Adverb
good (comparative better, superlative best)
- (nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
- The boy done good. (did well)
- 2007 April 19, Jimmy Wales, “Jimmy Wales on the User-Generated Generation”, Fresh Air, WHYY, Pennsylvania [1]
- The one thing that we can't do...is throw out the baby with the bathwater.... We know our process works pretty darn good and, uh, it’s really sparked this amazing phenomenon of this...high-quality website.
Derived terms
- but good
- a good many
Etymology 3
From Middle English good, god, from Old English g?d (“a good thing, advantage, benefit, gift; good, goodness, welfare; virtue, ability, doughtiness; goods, property, wealth”), from Proto-Germanic *g?d? (“goods, belongings”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed?-, *g?od?- (“to unite, be associated, suit”). Compare German Gut (“item of merchandise; estate; property”).
Noun
good (countable and uncountable, plural goods)
- (uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
- Antonyms: bad, evil
- (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
- Antonym: bad
- (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
- He is an influence for good on those girls.
- There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
- 1788, John Jay, The Federalist Papers No. 64:
- […] the government must be a weak one indeed, if it should forget that the good of the whole can only be promoted by advancing the good of each of the parts or members which compose the whole.
- (countable, usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.
- Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.
Derived terms
- (item of merchandise): capital goods, consumer goods
Translations
Etymology 4
From Middle English goden, godien, from Old English g?dian (“to improve, get better; make better; endow, enrich”), from Proto-West Germanic *g?d?n (“to make better, improve”), from Proto-Germanic *g?daz (“good, favourable”).
Verb
good (third-person singular simple present goods, present participle gooding, simple past and past participle gooded)
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make good; turn to good; improve.
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make improvements or repairs.
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To benefit; gain.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
- (reflexive, now chiefly dialectal) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
Derived terms
- gooding
Etymology 5
From English dialectal, from Middle English *goden, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish göda (“to fatten, fertilise, battle”), Danish gøde (“to fertilise, battle”), ultimately from the adjective. See above.
Verb
good (third-person singular simple present goods, present participle gooding, simple past and past participle gooded)
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
- April 5 1628, Bishop Joseph Hall, The Blessings, Sins, and Judgments of God's Vineyard
- Nature was like itself , in it , in the world : God hath taken it in from the barren downs , and gooded it : his choice did not find , but make it thus
- April 5 1628, Bishop Joseph Hall, The Blessings, Sins, and Judgments of God's Vineyard
Derived terms
- goodening
Further reading
- good at OneLook Dictionary Search
- good in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- good in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Dutch Low Saxon
Adjective
good
- good
Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch goet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?o??d], [?o??t]
Adjective
good (comparative baeter, superlative bès, predicative superlative 't 't bès)
- good
Inflection
Middle English
Alternative forms
- god
Etymology
From Old English g?d.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?d/
- Rhymes: -o?d
Adjective
good (plural and weak singular goode, comparative bettre, superlative best)
- good (of good quality or behaviour)
- good (morally right or righteous)
- 14th c., Chaucer, General Prologue:
- 14th c., Chaucer, General Prologue:
- advantageous, wealthy, profitable, useful
- large; of a great size or quantity
- Having a great degree or extent.
Descendants
- English: good
- Scots: guid
- Yola: gooude, gayde
References
- “g??d, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-17.
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interesting
English
Etymology
From interest +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??nt??st??/, /??nt??st??/
- (US) IPA(key): /??nt???st??/, /??nt(?)??st??/, /??nt(?)??st??/, /??nt???st??/
- ,
Adjective
interesting (comparative more interesting, superlative most interesting)
- (obsolete) Of concern; affecting, important.
- 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 48:
- He indeed had good reason to be offended; for though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good, he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy, which had been entrusted to him in conference […] .
- 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 48:
- Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.
- 2015-11-22, Stan Lee, "Marvel's Stan Lee: 'I'd never really thought of doing comics for a living.'", The Guardian:
- Comics were just another form of entertainment to me, but it got to be more and more interesting every day.
- 2015-11-22, Stan Lee, "Marvel's Stan Lee: 'I'd never really thought of doing comics for a living.'", The Guardian:
- (euphemistic) Pregnant. [from 18th c.]
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 88:
- I found myself in a fair way of being a mother; and that I might be near my own relations, in such an interesting situation, I and my dear companion departed from H—n, not without great reluctance […] .
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:
- Mrs Lenville (who, as has been before hinted, was in an interesting state) rushed from the rear rank of ladies, and uttering a piercing scream threw herself upon the body.
- 1928, WB Maxwell, We Forget Because We Must:
- I'm afraid I seem to make heavy weather of my interesting condition.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 88:
Synonyms
- absorbing
Antonyms
- uninteresting
- boring
Derived terms
- interesting condition
- interestingly
- interestingness
Translations
Verb
interesting
- present participle of interest
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