Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GOOD-HU'MOR-ED-LY, adv.

With a cheerful temper; in a cheerful way.

GOOD'LESS, a.

Having no goods. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOOD'LI-ER, a.

More excellent.

GOOD'LI-EST, a.

Most good or excellent.

GOOD'LI-NESS, n. [from goodly.]

Beauty of form; grace; elegance. Her goodliness was full of harmony to his eyes. Sidney.

GOOD'LY, a.

1. Being of a handsome form; beautiful; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment; goodly houses. Shak.
2. Pleasant; agreeable; desirable; as, goodly days. Shak.
3. Bulky; swelling; affectedly turgid. [Obs.] Dryden.

GOOD'LY, adv.

Excellently. Spencer.

GOOD'LY-HEAD, n.

Goodness; grace. [Not in use.] Spenser.

GOOD'MAN, n.

1. A familiar appellation of civility; sometimes used ironically. With you, goodman boy, if you please. Shak.
2. A rustic term of compliment; as, old goodman Dobson. Swift.
3. A familiar appellation of a husband; also, the master of a family. Prov. vii. Matth. xxiv.

GOOD-MAN'NERS, n.

Propriety of behavior; politeness; decorum.

GOOD-NA'TURE, n.

Natural mildness and kindness of disposition.

GOOD-NA'TUR-ED, a.

Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.

GOOD-NA'TUR-ED-LY, adv.

With mildness of temper.

GOOD'NESS, n.

1. The state of being good; the physical qualities which constitute value, excellence or perfection; as, the goodness of timber; the goodness of a soil.
2. The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue; religion. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith. Gal. v.
3. Kindness; benevolence; benignity of heart; but more generally, acts of kindness; charity; humanity exercised. I shall remember his goodness to me with gratitude.
4. Kindness; benevolence of nature; mercy. The Lord God – abundant in goodness and truth. Ex. xxxiv.
5. Kindness; favor shown; acts of benevolence, compassion or mercy. Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Jehovah had done to Israel. Ex. xviii.

GOOD-NOW, exclam.

1. An exclamation of wonder or surprise. Dryden.
2. An exclamation of entreaty. [Not used.] Shak.

GOODS, n. [plur.]

1. Movables; household furniture.
2. Personal or movable estate; as horses, cattle, utensils, &c.
3. Wares; merchandise; commodities bought and sold by merchants and traders.

GOOD'SHIP, n.

Favor; grace. [Not in use.]

GOOD-SPEED, n.

Good success; an old form of wishing success. [See Speed.]

GOOD-WIFE, n.

The mistress of a family. Burton.

GOOD-WILL, n.

Benevolence.

GOOD-WO'MAN, n.

The mistress of a family.

GOOD'Y, n. [Qu. goodwife.]

A low term of civility; as, goody Dobson. Swift. Gay.

GOOD'Y-SHIP, n.

The state or quality of a goody. [Ludicrous.] Hudibras.

GOOG'INGS, or GOOD'INGS, n.

In seamen's language, clamps of iron bolted on the stern-post of a ship, whereon to hang the rudder. Mar. Dict.

GOOM, n. [Sax. guma, Goth. guma, a man.]

A man recently married, or who is attending his proposed spouse for the purpose of marriage; used in composition, as in bridegoom. It has been corrupted into groom.