Word: good Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English good, from Old English gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit, fit”). Related to gather and together, but not to god/God. Eclipsed non-native Middle English bon, bone, boon, boun (“good”) borrowed from Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”). Cognates Cognate with Scots gude, guid (“good”), Yola gayde, gooude, gude (“good”), North Frisian goud, gud, guid, gur, gödj, gööd (“good”), Saterland Frisian goud (“good”), West Frisian goed (“good”), Alemannic German guet (“good”), Bavarian guad (“good”), Central Franconian gut, jot, jott (“good”), Cimbrian guat, guut (“good”), Dutch goed (“good”), Dutch Low Saxon good (“good”), German gut (“good”), Limburgish good, gott (“good”), Low German god, goot, got, gued (“good”), Luxembourgish gutt (“good”), Mòcheno guat (“good”), Vilamovian güt (“good”), Yiddish גוט (gut, “good”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish god (“good”), Elfdalian guoð (“good”), Faroese and Icelandic góður (“good”), Gothic 𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (gōþs, “good”), Vandalic *guths (“good”); also Albanian nge (“chance, leisure, opportunity, time”), Latvian gods (“honor”), Lithuanian guõdas (“nobleness, virtue; glory, honour”), Belarusian го́дны (hódny, “worthy”), Bulgarian го́ден (góden, “fit, suitable”), Czech hodný (“good, kind”), Polish godny, godzien (“dignified, worthy”), Russian го́дный (gódnyj, “fit, well-suited, good for; (coll.) good”), Ukrainian гі́дний (hídnyj, “deserving, worthy”), го́дний (hódnyj, “fit, well-suited, good for; (coll.) good”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊd/, /ˈɡɵd/, /ˈɡʉd/ 1. Of a person or an animal: Example: good intentions Example: c. 1525, The Example of Euyll Tongues, page a3 rectoː Yf ony man wolde begynne his synnes to reny / Or ony good people that fro vyce dyde refrayne / What so euer he were that to vertue wolde applye / But an yll tonge wyll all ouer throwe agayne If any man would begin to renounce his sins, / Or any good people who refrained from vice, / Whatsoever he who wished to apply himself to virtue might be, / Still an ill tongue would overthrow it all again. 2. Of a person or an animal: Example: a good swimmer Example: Flatter him it may, I confess, (as those are generally good at flattering who are good for nothing else,) but in the meantime the poor man is left under the fatal necessity of a needless delusion 3. Of a person or an animal: Example: Can you lend me fifty dollars? You know I'm good for it. 4. Of a person or an animal: Example: Be good while your mother and I are out. Example: Were you a good boy for the babysitter? 5. Of a person or an animal: Labels: US Example: Would you like a glass of water? — I'm good. Example: [Are] you good? — Yeah, I'm fine. 6. Of a person or an animal: Labels: colloquial Example: My mother said she's good with me being alone with my date as long as she's met them first. Example: The soup is rather spicy. Are you good with that, or would you like something else? 7. Of a person or an animal: Labels: archaic Example: Thou art a Traitor, and a Miſcreant; Too good to be ſo, and too bad to liue, Since the more faire and chriſtall is the skie, The vglier ſeeme the cloudes that in it flye: 8. Of a capability: Example: it’s a good watch; the flashlight batteries are still good Example: 1526, Herballː Against cough and scarceness of breath caused of cold take the drink that it hath been sodden in with Liquorice[,] or that the powder hath been sodden in with dry figs[,] for the same the electuary called dyacalamentum is good[,] and it is made thus. 9. Of a capability: Example: a good worker Example: There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls. 10. Of a capability: Labels: obsolete Example: in good sooth Example: Love no man in good earnest. 11. Of a property or quality: Example: The food was very good. 12. Of a property or quality: Example: Eat a good dinner so you will be ready for the big game tomorrow. 13. Of a property or quality: Example: The bread is still good. 14. Of a property or quality: Example: This coupon is good for a free doughnut. 15. Of a property or quality: Example: This theory still holds good even if much higher temperatures are assumed. Example: Twinnia biclavata differs from T. nova by inversion IS-1 and a nucleolar shift. Both are good species. 16. Of a property or quality: Example: It is not good to be alone, / to walk here in this worthely wone, / In all this welthly wyn; Example: If all was good and fair we met, ⁠This earth had been the Paradise ⁠It never look’d to human eyes Since Adam left his garden yet. 17. Of a property or quality: Example: Exercise and a varied diet are good for you. 18. Of a property or quality: Example: We had a good time. 19. Of a property or quality: Example: a good omen; good weather Example: Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.[…]Next day she[…]tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary. 20. Of a property or quality: Example: a person's good name 21. Of a property or quality: Example: a good job 22. Of a property or quality: Example: [I]f thou ask me why, / Sufficeth my reaſons are both good and waighty. 23. Very, extremely. See good and. Labels: colloquial Example: The soup is good and hot. 24. Ready. Labels: colloquial Example: I'm good when you are. Example: The reports are good to go. 25. Holy (especially when capitalized) . Example: Good Friday, Good Wednesday, the Good Book 26. Of a quantity: Example: all in good time 27. Of a quantity: Example: a good while longer Example: a good number of seeds 28. Of a quantity: Example: This hill will take a good hour and a half to climb. Example: The car was a good ten miles away. 29. Special, best, favorite. Example: No, not that one. That's my good shirt I only wear for special occasions. Example: Shoot! A tear. And these are my good jeans.