goody-goodadj.n.
/ˈɡʊdɪˌɡʊd/, U.S. /ˈɡʊdiˌɡʊd/ depreciative.
A. adj.
= goody-goody adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adjective]
pope-holya1387
Pharisaical1527
as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse1530
hypocritish1531
hypocritic1540
hypocritely1541
hypocritical1553
horse-holy?1589
sanctified1604
Pharisee-like1611
sanctimoniousa1616
Pharisaica1618
lip-holy1624
Bible-bearing1625
canting1663
unctuous1742
pietistical1753
pietical1782
goody-goody1785
goody1808
Sunday school1817
Pecksniffian1844
goodyish1848
goody-good1851
devil-dodging?1861
pietic1865
mawwormish1883
pietistic1884
mawwormy1885
pi1891
pietose1893
holier-than-thou1912
antimacassar1913
holy1958
1851 [see sense B. 1].
1858 W. Elder Biogr. E. K. Kane i. 21 Elisha earned the character of a bad boy, while he was, in fact, exercising and cultivating the spirit of a brave one. Goody-good people, very naturally, did not understand him.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 404 Baddybad Stephen lead astray goodygood Malachi.
1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 128 So our goody-good men betray us.
2005 G. Crane Beyond House of False Lama xxi. 179 We all got goose bumps from our own goody-good feelings of ethical and intellectual superiority.
B. n.
1. That which is ostentatiously or sanctimoniously virtuous or correct; that which is ‘goody-good’.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [noun]
hypocrisy?c1225
pope-holya1425
saunteringc1440
pope-holiness1528
Pharisaism?1573
lip-holiness1591
lip-religion1597
hypocrism1605
lip-devotion1613
sanctimonya1618
lip-worship1656
sanctimoniousness1679
unction1692
sanctification1768
goodiness1808
pietism1829
lip-reverencec1843
Pecksniffery1848
mawwormism1850
goody-good1851
lip-homage1858
devil-dodging1866
goody-goodiness1868
goody-goodyism1868
piosity1883
unctuosity1884
1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. v. 190 We found the piece monotonous..dallying on the borders of the infantile and ‘goody-good’.
1904 Daily Chron. 12 Apr. 4/4 One is the bad; the other is the goody-good.
1904 Daily Chron. 12 Apr. 4/4 They must be on their guard..against cultivating the goody-good.
1964 Meanjin Q. 23 49 The new new is the goody good—so get with it kid!
2. = goody-goody n.2
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [noun] > person
Pharisee1539
card gospeller1550
lip-gospeller?1556
saint1563
table-gospeller1570
separatist1620
Christera1650
canter1652
high-liver1715
cant1725
pietist1767
devil dodger1791
goody1816
creeping Jesusc1818
Mawworm1825
goody-two-shoes1843
Pecksniff1844
goody-goody1872
goody-good1879
lip-Christian1882
plaster saint1890
holy Willie1916
1879 Independent Statesman (Concord, New Hampsh.) 23 Oct. 26/1 Goody-goods would prefer a Democratic triumph to a straight-out Republican victory.
1904 New Eng. Mag. Mar. 116/2 With the boys of our neighborhood we are glad to be able to say there are no bad boys, and rejoice to be able to say there are no goody-goods.
1976 G. Konopka Young Girls vii. 133 I picture all goody-goods in these organizations. Like Girl Scouts, and the Y and stuff.
2010 A. Noël Radiance ii. 4 Don't be such a goody-good. If..you miss out, you'll regret it forever!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1851