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good sense

noun
/ˌɡʊd ˈsɛn(t)s/UK/ˌɡʊd ˈsɛns/US

Etymology

Calque of Middle French bon sens, from Old French boin sens (modern French bon sens (“common sense, good sense”)).

  1. derived from boin sens
  2. calqued from bon sens

Definitions

  1. Common sense

    Common sense; sensibleness.

    • I have divers of their Letters by me, where in there is neither good matter, good Language, good Senſe, nor true Engliſh.
    • He is a Man of too much good Senſe to be impoſed on by your little Artifices; and your acting a double Part by him, as you do, in one Caſe, every Day, makes you more odious to him.

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