goodnesse
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]goodnesse (countable and uncountable, plural goodnesses)
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- godenes, godenesse, godnes, godnese, godnesse, goodnes
- guodnesse (Kent)
- goddnes, gudeness (Northern)
- godnæsse, godnisse, godnysse (Early Middle English)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old English gōdnes, from Proto-West Germanic *gōdnassī; equivalent to good + -nesse.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]goodnesse (plural goodnesses)
- A good thing or things; that which is good:
- Goodness; the state of being good:
- Virtue; moral character or behaviour.
- Utility, efficaciousness, power.
- Benevolence; a favorable attitude.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “gọ̄dnes(se, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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