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goodness

noun
/ˈɡʊdnəs/

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”).

  1. inherited from *gōdnassī✻ — “goodness”
  2. inherited from gōdnes — “goodness; virtue; kindness”
  3. inherited from goodnesse

Definitions

  1. The state or characteristic of being good.

    • There is ſome ſoule of goodneſſe in things euill, / VVould men obſeruingly 'diſtill it out.
    • Rich, raisiny, smoky, coffee goodness: that is the flavor of urfa biber.

  2. The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.

  3. God.

    • Thank goodness that the war is over!
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence

      The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue.

      • But the fruit of the ſpirit is loue, ioy, peace, long ſuffering, gentleneſſe, goodneſſe, faith, / Meekeneſſe, temperance: againſt ſuch there is no law.

    2. Clipping of goodness me or various similar exclamations such as goodness gracious.

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Derived

goodness gracious, goodness gracious me, goodness knows, goodness me, honest to goodness, honest-to-goodness, my goodness, nongoodness, oh my goodness, oh my goodness gracious, out of the goodness of one's heart, thank goodness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at goodness. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at goodness. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at goodness

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA