goodlich

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English gōdlīċ (good, goodly), from Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz (good, goodly), equivalent to good +‎ -lich.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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goodlich

  1. goodly (gracious, kind, kindly-disposed)
    • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:
      And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew.
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Descendants

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  • English: goodly
  • Scots: guidlie