do-goodn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈduːɡʊd/, U.S.

/ˈduˌɡʊd/,

/ˈdoʊˌɡʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English to do good.

Etymology: < to do good (see do v. 4a(b)). Compare do-gooder n. With use as adjective compare do-gooding adj., do-goody adj. Compare also do-well n.Benjamin Franklin anonymously contributed a series of articles to the New-England Courant during 1722 purporting to be written by Silence Dogood, a minister's widow; the name is taken to refer to Cotton Mather's Bonifacius (1710), subtitled ‘Essays to do good’. Compare also:1762 J. Mitchell Female Pilgrim 104 Mr Do-good..would anticipate their calamity, knowing that they had no friend else to help them; so that, in short, the blessing of all around him came upon him.

A. n.

†1. A person who does good, or is of use. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > philanthropist

good doerc1400

well-doerc1400

do-good1654

philanthropist1730

philanthrope1742

humanity-monger1829

philanthropic1839

humanitarian1843

pantophile1876

Scarlet Pimpernel1958

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 723 That they may be accounted somebody, and Do-goods.

2. Originally U.S. = do-gooder n. Now chiefly with disparaging implication.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > unrealistic philanthropism > unrealistic philanthropist

do-gooder1901

sob sister1912

do-good1923

uplifter1923

do-gooding1938

1923 Nation 21 Nov. 569/2 There is nothing the matter with the United States except..the parlor socialists, up-lifters, and do-goods.

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. p. x/2 And the committee would, I am sure, be a snuggery of all the no-goods and do-goods whom I have spent half my life successfully avoiding.

1996 J. Shannon Concrete River (2006) viii. 73 A bunch of naive activists and do-goods.

2004 A. Rabinowitz Urban Econ. & Land Use Amer. x. 132 The Do-Goods in the GI Generation were active in the civil rights movement.

B. adj.

That does good; that tries to do good; = do-gooding adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [adjective] > unrealistically philanthropic

do-good1850

do-gooding1936

do-gooder1942

do-goody1948

1850 E. Ruskin Let. 16 Jan. in Effie in Venice (1965) 110 They call themselves the ‘Fate-Bene Fratelli’, the ‘do-good Brothers’.

1868 Congregational Rev. Nov. 593 The Do Good Library contains ‘Anna Hand’, ‘Grandma Foster's Sunbeam’, ‘Little Patience’, ‘Little Helper’, [etc.].

1897 M. Anderson Presbyterianism v. 59 The Do Good Society. This society is composed of little folks, the object of which is the encouragement of all such in the cultivation of habits of benevolence to do for others what they wish to have done for themselves.

1921 Proc. 10th Ann. Congr. National Safety Council 231 That the men themselves were alive to the safety movement, is best shown by the name given to the safety committee by one of the negro laborers, who called it the ‘do good committee’.

1948 Life 5 Jan. 82/2 The well-meaning hangers-on and the followers of the ‘do-good’ line.

1963 B. Friedan Feminine Mystique xii. 295 Completely preoccupied with her children except for a little ‘do-good’ work in the community.

1968 New Statesman 11 Oct. 469/1 Not in a do-good social worker way..but in a fundamental Christian way.

2004 M. Munn John Wayne (2006) xiii. 150 The film was getting criticism from the do-good leftists before we'd finished filming.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	do-good
释义	do-goodn.adj. Brit. /ˈduːɡʊd/, U.S. /ˈduˌɡʊd/, /ˈdoʊˌɡʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English to do good. Etymology: < to do good (see do v. 4a(b)). Compare do-gooder n. With use as adjective compare do-gooding adj., do-goody adj. Compare also do-well n.Benjamin Franklin anonymously contributed a series of articles to the New-England Courant during 1722 purporting to be written by Silence Dogood, a minister's widow; the name is taken to refer to Cotton Mather's Bonifacius (1710), subtitled ‘Essays to do good’. Compare also:1762 J. Mitchell Female Pilgrim 104 Mr Do-good..would anticipate their calamity, knowing that they had no friend else to help them; so that, in short, the blessing of all around him came upon him. A. n. †1. A person who does good, or is of use. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > philanthropist good doerc1400 well-doerc1400 do-good1654 philanthropist1730 philanthrope1742 humanity-monger1829 philanthropic1839 humanitarian1843 pantophile1876 Scarlet Pimpernel1958 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 723 That they may be accounted somebody, and Do-goods. 2. Originally U.S. = do-gooder n. Now chiefly with disparaging implication. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > unrealistic philanthropism > unrealistic philanthropist do-gooder1901 sob sister1912 do-good1923 uplifter1923 do-gooding1938 1923 Nation 21 Nov. 569/2 There is nothing the matter with the United States except..the parlor socialists, up-lifters, and do-goods. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. p. x/2 And the committee would, I am sure, be a snuggery of all the no-goods and do-goods whom I have spent half my life successfully avoiding. 1996 J. Shannon Concrete River (2006) viii. 73 A bunch of naive activists and do-goods. 2004 A. Rabinowitz Urban Econ. & Land Use Amer. x. 132 The Do-Goods in the GI Generation were active in the civil rights movement. B. adj. That does good; that tries to do good; = do-gooding adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [adjective] > unrealistically philanthropic do-good1850 do-gooding1936 do-gooder1942 do-goody1948 1850 E. Ruskin Let. 16 Jan. in Effie in Venice (1965) 110 They call themselves the ‘Fate-Bene Fratelli’, the ‘do-good Brothers’. 1868 Congregational Rev. Nov. 593 The Do Good Library contains ‘Anna Hand’, ‘Grandma Foster's Sunbeam’, ‘Little Patience’, ‘Little Helper’, [etc.]. 1897 M. Anderson Presbyterianism v. 59 The Do Good Society. This society is composed of little folks, the object of which is the encouragement of all such in the cultivation of habits of benevolence to do for others what they wish to have done for themselves. 1921 Proc. 10th Ann. Congr. National Safety Council 231 That the men themselves were alive to the safety movement, is best shown by the name given to the safety committee by one of the negro laborers, who called it the ‘do good committee’. 1948 Life 5 Jan. 82/2 The well-meaning hangers-on and the followers of the ‘do-good’ line. 1963 B. Friedan Feminine Mystique xii. 295 Completely preoccupied with her children except for a little ‘do-good’ work in the community. 1968 New Statesman 11 Oct. 469/1 Not in a do-good social worker way..but in a fundamental Christian way. 2004 M. Munn John Wayne (2006) xiii. 150 The film was getting criticism from the do-good leftists before we'd finished filming. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1654
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