goodyishadj.
/ˈɡʊdɪɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈɡʊdiɪʃ/ Now rare.
= goody adj. 2.
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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
1848 Amer. Rev. Jan. 103/1 He writes down too far, and is a little childish and goodyish at times, which boys do not like half so well as strong manly writing.
1864 Spectator 24 Dec. 1479/2 A goodyish story, and about as readable as that kind of thing usually is.
1947 S. Plath Diary 2 Feb. in A. Helle Unraveling Arch. (2007) 69 I've decided not to make it all goody-ish, preachy, or morally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1848- to prolong the agony
- to promise fair
- to promise oneself
- to promise oneself something
- to promise the earth
- to promise the moon
- to propose a person's health
- to prosecute the law against
- to prosecute the law upon
- to protest for remedy of law
- to prove a maidenhead
- to prove a scienter
- to prove a woman's maidenhead
- to prove conclusions
- to prove fatal
- to prove fatal to
- to prove masteries
- to prove oneself a match for
- to prove out
- to prove practics
- to prove scienter
- to prove too much
- to prove up
- to prove well
- to pry into