FromMiddle English goodnesse godnesse Old English gōdnes ( “ goodness; virtue; kindness ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *gōdnassī ( “ goodness ” ) , equivalent togood -ness Scots guidness ( “ goodness ” ) ,West Frisian goedens ( “ goodness ” ) ,Old High German guotnessī ( “ goodness ” ) ,Middle High German guotnisse ( “ goodness ” ) ,Russian годность ( godnostʹ ,“ suitability, fitness ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /ˈɡʊdnəs/ ,/ˈɡʊ(d)nɪs/ goodness (countable anduncountable plural goodnesses
( uncountable ) good .1599 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Life of Henry the Fift ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act IV, scene i] ,page83 , column 2:There is ſome ſoule ofgoodneſſe in things euill, / VVould men obſeruingly 'diſtill it out.
2014 October 7, Amanda Bevill, Julie Kramis Hearne,World Spice at Home: New Flavors for 75 Favorite Dishes [1] →ISBN 42 :Rich, raisiny, smoky, coffeegoodness : that is the flavor of urfa biber.
( countable ) nutritional ,healthy part or content of something.( uncountable , euphemistic ) God .Thankgoodness that the war is over!
( Christianity ) moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moralvirtue .1611 The Holy Bible, [ … ] King James Version ), London: [ … ] Robert Barker , [ … ] →OCLC Galatians 5:22–23 , column 2:But the fruit of the ſpirit is loue, ioy, peace, long ſuffering, gentleneſſe,goodneſſe , faith, / Meekeneſſe, temperance: againſt ſuch there is no law.
state or characteristic of being good
Albanian:mirësi (sq) f Arabic:خَيْر m ( ḵayr ) Hijazi Arabic:خير m ( ḵēr ) Armenian:please add this translation if you can Aromanian:bunãtati f Asturian:bondá f Bangi:boboto Bulgarian:добрина (bg) f ( dobrina ) ,доброта (bg) f ( dobrota ) Catalan:bondat (ca) f bonesa f Choctaw:achukma Czech:dobrota (cs) f Dutch:goedheid (nl) f Esperanto:boneco (eo) Finnish:hyvyys (fi) French:bonté (fr) f Old French:bonté f Friulian:bontât f Galician:bondade (gl) f Georgian:please add this translation if you can German:Güte (de) f Gütigkeit (de) f ( elevated ) Herzensgüte (de) f Tugend (de) f Integrität (de) f Old High German:guotī f Gothic:𐍃𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹 f ( sēlei ) ,𐌲𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 f ( gōdei ) Greek:καλοσύνη (el) f ( kalosýni ) Ancient Greek:ἀγαθότης f ( agathótēs ) ,ἀγαθοσύνη f ( agathosúnē ) Hebrew:טוֹב (he) m Hungarian:jóság (hu) Ido:boneso (io) Ingrian:hyvvyys Irish:maitheas f maith (ga) f Isoko:evboma Italian:bontà (it) f Judeo-Italian:טובזה f ( tovezza ) Khmer:please add this translation if you can Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:qencî (ku) f başî (ku) f Lao:please add this translation if you can Latin:bonitās f Lingala:boboto Lithuanian:gerumas gerumas Macedonian:добрина f ( dobrina ) Middle English:goodnesse Occitan:bontat (oc) f bonesa f Old Occitan:bontat f Polish:dobro (pl) n dobroć (pl) f Portuguese:bondade (pt) f Romanian:bunătate (ro) Russian:доброта́ (ru) f ( dobrotá ) Scots:guidness Serbo-Croatian:dobrota (sh) f Spanish:bondad (es) f Swahili:uzuri (sw) Swedish:godhet (sv) Tagalog:buti Tamil:நல்லது (ta) ( nallatu ) Telugu:మంచితనము (te) ( mañcitanamu ) Thai:please add this translation if you can Tocharian B:kärtsauñe Turkish:iyilik (tr) Ugaritic:𐎉𐎁 ( ṭb ) Vietnamese:lòng tốt Votic:üvüz
good part or content of something
euphemistically: God
French:bonté divine (fr) ,corbleu (fr) ,crebleu (fr) ,jarnibleu (fr) ,jarnicoton (fr) ,maugrebleu (fr) ,maugrébleu (fr) ,morbleu (fr) ,morguienne (fr) ,nom de Zeus (fr) ,nom d’un chien (fr) ,nom d’un petit bonhomme (fr) ,nom d’une pipe (fr) ,palsambleu (fr) ,parbleu (fr) ,par Jupiter (fr) ,par Toutatis (fr) ,rogntudju (fr) ,sacrebleu (fr) ,sambleu (fr) ,scrogneugneu (fr) ,têtebleu (fr) ,tubleu (fr) ,ventrebleu (fr) ,vertubleu (fr)
Christianity: moral virtue
Translations to be checked
“goodness ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “goodness ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC “goodness ”, inOneLook Dictionary Search . goodness
Clipping ofgoodness me or various similar exclamations such asgoodness gracious .
