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Meaning of GOODY

Pronunciation:  'gûdee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  something considered choice to eat
 
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 Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, kickshaw, treat
 
 See Also: aliment, alimentation, ambrosia, bone marrow, choice morsel, confection, confectionery, gelatin, jelly, marrow, nectar, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, savory, savoury, sustenance, sweet, tidbit, titbit, victuals

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Good"y\, n.; pl. {Goodies}.
    1. A bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl.
       [Colloq.]
    2. (Zo["o]l.) An American fish; the lafayette or spot.
    
  2. \Good"y\, n.; pl. {Goodies}. [Prob. contr. from goodwife.]
    Goodwife; -- a low term of civility or sport.
    
  3. \Good"y\, a.
    Weakly or sentimentally good; affectedly good; -- often in
    the reduplicated form goody-goody. [Colloq.]
    
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: affected, ambrosia, better half, bonne bouche, canting, cate, choice morsel, common-law wife, concubine, dainty, delicacy, dessert, false, feme, feme covert, goodwife, goody-goody, helpmate, helpmeet, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, insincere, kickshaw, lady, manna, married woman, matron, mealymouthed, morsel, nectar, old lady, old woman, pharisaic, pietistic, pious, rib, sanctified, sanctimonious, savory, self-righteous, sniveling, squaw, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, tidbit, titbit, treat, unctuous, wedded wife, wife, woman
 

 

 

 

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