goody-good

Look at other dictionaries:

• goody-goody — good y good y, n. A person who is weakly, sentimentally, or affectedly good; a goody goody person; sometimes used to refer to person who acts with good intentions but who bunglingly does more harm than good. The latter may sometimes be… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Goody — Goody, Goodies or Goody s may refer to: Goody* Goody, an abbreviation of goodwife, a courtesy title of married women, formerly used where Misses (Mrs.) would be used today. * Goody (dessert) is an Irish pudding like dish made by boiling bread in… …   Wikipedia

• goody-goody — Goody Good y, a. Weakly or sentimentally good; affectedly good; often in the reduplicated form {goody goody}. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• goody-goody — ☆ goody goody [good′ē good΄ē] Informal adj. [redupl. of GOODY1] moral or pious in an affected or canting way n. a goody goody person …   English World dictionary

• Goody — Good y, a. Weakly or sentimentally good; affectedly good; often in the reduplicated form {goody goody}. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Goody-goody — Good y good y, a. Mawkishly or weakly good; exhibiting goodness with silliness. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Goody — Good y, n.; pl. {Goodies}. 1. A bonbon, cake, or the like; usually in the pl. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) An American fish; the lafayette or spot. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Goody — Good y, n.; pl. {Goodies}. [Prob. contr. from goodwife.] Goodwife; a low term of civility or sport. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• goody goody — Synonyms and related words: Lord Fauntleroy, Pecksniffian, Percy, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, Victorian, affected, bluenose, canting, chicken, cream puff, effeminate, elegant, euphemistic, euphuistic, exquisite, FALSE, formalistic, goody, goody good… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Goody's Fast Relief 500 — Veranstaltungsort: Martinsville Speedway Hauptsponsor: Goody’s Powder Erstes Rennen: 1949 Distanz: 263 Meilen (423,24 km) Anzahl Runden: 500 Ehemalige Namen: Unbenannt (1949 1955) Virginia 500 (1956 …   Deutsch Wikipedia