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noun
1.
Usually, goodies. something especially attractive or pleasing, especially cake, cookies, or candy.
2.
something that causes delight or satisfaction: A record collector played some goodies for me on his phonograph.
interjection
3.
good (used to express childish delight).
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Goody
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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adjective
Origin:
1805–15; apparently good + -y2, with attenuating or pejorative value, probably influenced by goody two shoes
1805–15; apparently good + -y2, with attenuating or pejorative value, probably influenced by goody two shoes
noun, plural good·ies.
Archaic. a polite term of address for a woman of humble social standing.
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| goody1 (ˈɡʊdɪ) | |
| —interj | |
| 1. | a child's exclamation of pleasure and approval |
| —n , goodies | |
| 2. | short for goody-goody |
| 3. | informal the hero in a film, book, etc |
| 4. | See also goodies something particularly pleasant to have or (often) to eat |
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Word Origin & History
goody
"something tasty," 1745, from good; adj. use for "sentimentally proper" is 1830. Goody also used since 1559 as a shortened form of goodwife, a term of civility applied to a married woman in humble life; hence Goody Two-shoes, name of heroine in 1760s children's story who exulted upon acquiring a second
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