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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Goody \Good"y\, n.; pl. Goodies.
     1. A bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl.
        [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zo["o]l.) An American fish; the lafayette or spot.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Goody \Good"y\, n.; pl. Goodies. [Prob. contr. from goodwife.]
     Goodwife; -- a low term of civility or sport.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Goody \Good"y\, a.
     Weakly or sentimentally good; affectedly good; -- often in
     the reduplicated form goody-goody. [Colloq.]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Spot \Spot\ (sp[o^]t), n. [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw.
     spott spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See Spit
     to eject from the mouth, and cf. Spatter.]
     1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a
        blot; a place discolored.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Out, damned spot! Out, I say!         --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils
        purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A small part of a different color from the main part, or
        from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a
        leopard; the spots on a playing card.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
        ``Fixed to one spot.'' --Otway.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              That spot to which I point is Paradise. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              ``A jolly place,'' said he, ``in times of old!
              But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.''
                                                    --Wordsworth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so
        called from a spot on its head just above its beak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) A sci[ae]noid food fish ({Liostomus xanthurus) of the
            Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black
            spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark
            bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette,
            masooka, and old wife.
        (b) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot
            on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     7. pl. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for
        immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Crescent spot (Zo["o]l.), any butterfly of the family
        Melit[ae]id[ae] having crescent-shaped white spots along
        the margins of the red or brown wings.
  
     Spot lens (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the
        light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a
        small, round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field
        illumination; -- called also spotted lens.
  
     Spot rump (Zo["o]l.), the Hudsonian godwit ({Limosa
        h[ae]mastica).
  
     Spots on the sun. (Astron.) See Sun spot, ander Sun.
  
     On the spot, or Upon the spot, immediately; before
        moving; without changing place; as, he made his decision
        on the spot.
  
              It was determined upon the spot.      --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault;
          blemish; place; site; locality.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Goody \Good"y\, a.
     Weakly or sentimentally good; affectedly good; -- often in
     the reduplicated form goody-goody. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Spot \Spot\, n. [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw. spott
     spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See Spit to
     eject from the mouth, and cf. Spatter.]
     1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a
        blot; a place discolored.
  
              Out, damned spot! Out, I say!         --Shak.
  
     2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils
        purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
  
              Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. --Pope.
  
     3. A small part of a different color from the main part, or
        from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a
        leopard; the spots on a playing card.
  
     4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
        ``Fixed to one spot.'' --Otway.
  
              That spot to which I point is Paradise. --Milton.
  
              ``A jolly place,'' said he, ``in times of old! But
              something ails it now: the spot is cursed.''
                                                    --Wordsworth.
  
     5. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so
        called from a spot on its head just above its beak.
  
     6. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) A sci[ae]noid food fish ({Liostomus xanthurus) of the
            Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black
            spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark
            bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette,
            masooka, and old wife.
        (b) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot
            on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.
  
     7. pl. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for
        immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant]
  
     Crescent spot (Zo["o]l.), any butterfly of the family
        Melit[ae]id[ae] having crescent-shaped white spots along
        the margins of the red or brown wings.
  
     Spot lens (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the
        light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a
        small, round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field
        ilumination; -- called also spotted lens.
  
     Spot rump (Zo["o]l.), the Hudsonian godwit ({Limosa
        h[ae]mastica).
  
     Spots on the sun. (Astron.) See Sun spot, ander Sun.
  
     On, or Upon, the spot, immediately; before moving;
        without changing place.
  
              It was determined upon the spot.      --Swift.
  
     Syn: Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault;
          blemish; place; site; locality.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Goody \Good"y\, n.; pl. Goodies. [Prob. contr. from goodwife.]
     Goodwife; -- a low term of civility or sport.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Goody \Good"y\, n.; pl. Goodies.
     1. A bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl.
        [Colloq.]
  
     2. (Zo["o]l.) An American fish; the lafayette or spot.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  goody
       n : something considered choice to eat [syn: dainty, delicacy,
            kickshaw, treat]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  goody
     Αγγλικά n.
     γλύκισμα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  goody
     a.
     (synonym of en goody-goody  mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or
  pious)
     interj.
     (lb en informal) Used to indicate pleasure or delight.
     n.
     (lb en informal) A small amount of something good to eat.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) goodwife, (n-g: a 17th-century puritan honorific for
  an adult woman).

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Goody
     n.
     1 (surname en from=Old English).
     2 (given name en unisex from=surnames usage=rare) (rfex: en)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  goody
     a.
     (synonym of en goody-goody  mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or
  pious)
     interj.
     (lb en informal) Used to indicate pleasure or delight.
     n.
     (lb en informal) A small amount of something good to eat.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) goodwife, (n-g: a 17th-century puritan honorific for
  an adult woman).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Goody
     n.
     1 (surname en from=Old English).
     2 (given name en unisex from=surnames usage=rare) (rfex: en)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  goody
     a.
     (synonym of en goody-goody  mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or
  pious)
     interj.
     (lb en informal) Used to indicate pleasure or delight.
     n.
     (lb en informal) A small amount of something good to eat.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) goodwife, (n-g: a 17th-century puritan honorific for
  an adult woman).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Goody
     n.
     1 (surname en from=Old English).
     2 (given name en unisex from=surnames usage=rare) (rfex: en)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  goody
     a.
     (synonym of en goody-goody  mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or
  pious)
     interj.
     (lb en informal) Used to indicate pleasure or delight.
     n.
     (lb en informal) A small amount of something good to eat.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) goodwife, (n-g: a 17th-century puritan honorific for
  an adult woman).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Goody
     n.
     1 (surname en from=Old English).
     2 (given name en unisex from=surnames usage=rare) (rfex: en)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  goody
     Engelska interj.
     härligt
     Engelska n.
     1 sötsak, konfekt
     2 något litet, vanligen något gratis
     3 (tagg ålderdomligt språk=en) husmoder

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Goody /ɡˈʊdi/
  الشيء الجيد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  goody //ˈɡʊdi// 
  лакомство
  A small amount of something good to eat