good looksn.

Brit.

/ˌɡʊd ˈlʊks/, U.S.

/ˌɡʊd ˈlʊks/

Forms: see good adj., n., adv., and int. and look n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: good adj., look n.

Etymology: < good adj. + the plural of look n. Compare good-looking adj.

With plural agreement. Attractive or beautiful appearance, esp. of the face, in a person; personal beauty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > specifically of humans

fairnessOE

beautya1350

looksc1400

pertnessc1450

well-favouredness1545

thews1567

good looks1591

bonniness1603

good-lookingness1828

1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xlvi. vi. 395/2 If your good mynde, with your good lokes agree.

1636 tr. J. Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin Ariana ii. ii. 225 See her then deliberating to become handsome againe, and for the recovery of her good lookes, quite unwilling to heare speake of Polydamas any more.

1676 Earl of Orrery Eng. Adventures ii. 50 The Ladies..admired the Charms of his wit, as much as those of his good looks.

1711 D. Manley Court Intrigues xli. 118 So great an Expence of his good Looks, that what was not charming before, became hideous now.

1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 154 Poor Judy fell off greatly in her good looks after her being married a year or two.

1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. iv. 120 Consider health as well as good looks.

1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus 6 She had some claims to good looks, in spite of a slightly pasty complexion.

1901 Munsey's Mag. 25 694/1 The first cabin passengers..exclaimed over his youngness and his good looks.

1967 D. Cilento Manipulator i. 13 Rose had..won a seven-year contract with a film company on the strength of her English rose good looks.

2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 2 Mar. 9 With his sideburns and smouldering good looks, Humperdinck became a heart-throb.

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

单词	good looks
释义	good looksn. Brit. /ˌɡʊd ˈlʊks/, U.S. /ˌɡʊd ˈlʊks/ Forms: see good adj., n., adv., and int. and look n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: good adj., look n. Etymology: < good adj. + the plural of look n. Compare good-looking adj. With plural agreement. Attractive or beautiful appearance, esp. of the face, in a person; personal beauty. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > specifically of humans fairnessOE beautya1350 looksc1400 pertnessc1450 well-favouredness1545 thews1567 good looks1591 bonniness1603 good-lookingness1828 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xlvi. vi. 395/2 If your good mynde, with your good lokes agree. 1636 tr. J. Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin Ariana ii. ii. 225 See her then deliberating to become handsome againe, and for the recovery of her good lookes, quite unwilling to heare speake of Polydamas any more. 1676 Earl of Orrery Eng. Adventures ii. 50 The Ladies..admired the Charms of his wit, as much as those of his good looks. 1711 D. Manley Court Intrigues xli. 118 So great an Expence of his good Looks, that what was not charming before, became hideous now. 1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 154 Poor Judy fell off greatly in her good looks after her being married a year or two. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. iv. 120 Consider health as well as good looks. 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus 6 She had some claims to good looks, in spite of a slightly pasty complexion. 1901 Munsey's Mag. 25 694/1 The first cabin passengers..exclaimed over his youngness and his good looks. 1967 D. Cilento Manipulator i. 13 Rose had..won a seven-year contract with a film company on the strength of her English rose good looks. 2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 2 Mar. 9 With his sideburns and smouldering good looks, Humperdinck became a heart-throb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1591
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