good-sizedadj.

Brit.

/ˌɡʊdˈsʌɪzd/, U.S.

/ˈɡʊdˈˌsaɪzd/

Forms: see good adj., n., adv., and int. and sized adj.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: good adj., sized adj.¹

Etymology: < good adj. + sized adj.¹ Compare earlier well-sized adj.

Of a good size; fairly large; not small. Cf. goodly-sized adj. at goodly adj. Compounds 2, well-sized adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > somewhat large

substantial1413

indifferent1548

handsome1577

biggish1611

sizeable1613

well-sized?1614

considerable1651

good-sized1657

largish1752

snug1833

fairish1858

1657 in B. D. Hicks Rec. N. & S. Hempstead, Long Island (1896) I. 23 Twelfe pennse the head in good sised wampom.

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. vii. 31 He holds a good siz'd handsom shoulder of Mutton..in one hand.

1758 M. Postlethwayt Importance of Afr. Exped. Considered 65 After being entered,..[the river] has water enough for good-sized vessels.

1837 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 87 Hardly gold enough to make a good-sized thimble.

1863 F. T. Buckland Curiosities Nat. Hist. (ed. 4) 2nd Ser. 255 The Regent's Park specimens were not much larger than a good-sized sprat.

1901 S. E. White Claim Jumpers iv. 64 It was..not as large as a good-sized rat, quite smaller than our own fence-corner chipmunks of the East.

1977 Western Morning News 30 Aug. 10/4 (advt.) Good-sized kitchen; radios, shaver points, &c. all bedrooms.

2011 J. Buchan Trawlerman vi. 123 A final tug on the cod-line rope..and the fish hit the deck, plentiful, good-sized haddock thrashing about.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	good-sized
释义	good-sizedadj. Brit. /ˌɡʊdˈsʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈɡʊdˈˌsaɪzd/ Forms: see good adj., n., adv., and int. and sized adj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: good adj., sized adj.¹ Etymology: < good adj. + sized adj.¹ Compare earlier well-sized adj. Of a good size; fairly large; not small. Cf. goodly-sized adj. at goodly adj. Compounds 2, well-sized adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > somewhat large substantial1413 indifferent1548 handsome1577 biggish1611 sizeable1613 well-sized?1614 considerable1651 good-sized1657 largish1752 snug1833 fairish1858 1657 in B. D. Hicks Rec. N. & S. Hempstead, Long Island (1896) I. 23 Twelfe pennse the head in good sised wampom. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. vii. 31 He holds a good siz'd handsom shoulder of Mutton..in one hand. 1758 M. Postlethwayt Importance of Afr. Exped. Considered 65 After being entered,..[the river] has water enough for good-sized vessels. 1837 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 87 Hardly gold enough to make a good-sized thimble. 1863 F. T. Buckland Curiosities Nat. Hist. (ed. 4) 2nd Ser. 255 The Regent's Park specimens were not much larger than a good-sized sprat. 1901 S. E. White Claim Jumpers iv. 64 It was..not as large as a good-sized rat, quite smaller than our own fence-corner chipmunks of the East. 1977 Western Morning News 30 Aug. 10/4 (advt.) Good-sized kitchen; radios, shaver points, &c. all bedrooms. 2011 J. Buchan Trawlerman vi. 123 A final tug on the cod-line rope..and the fish hit the deck, plentiful, good-sized haddock thrashing about. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1657
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