Part 4896

<h1>Goodliness</h1> <Xpage=638>

<hw>Good"li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Goodly</er>.]</ety> <def>Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness.</def>

<blockquote>Her <b>goodliness</b> was full of harmony to his eyes. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Good-looking</h1> <Xpage=638>

<hw>Good"-look`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Handsome.</def>

<h1>Goodly</h1> <Xpage=638>

<hw>Good"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Excellently.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Goodly</h1> <Xpage=638>

<hw>Good"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Goodlier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Goodliest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>godlich</ets>, AS. <ets>g<?/dlic</ets>. See <er>Good</er>, and <er>Like</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.</def>

<blockquote>We have many <b>goodly</b> days to see. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; <as>as, a <ex>goodly</ex> person; <ex>goodly</ex> raiment, houses.</as></def>

<blockquote>The <b>goodliest</b> man of men since born. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Large; considerable; portly; <as>as, a <ex>goodly</ex> number</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Goodly</b> and great he sails behind his link. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Goodlyhead, Goodlyhood</h1> <Xpage=638>

<hw><hw>Good"ly*head</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Good"ly*hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Goodness; grace; goodliness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Goodman</h1> <Xpage=638>

<hw>Good"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Good</ets> + <ets>man</ets>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to "My friend", "Good sir", "Mister;" -- sometimes used ironically.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>With you, <b>goodman</b> boy, an you please. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used in speaking familiarly.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Say ye to the <b>goodman</b> of the house, . . . Where is the guest-chamber ? <i>Mark xiv. 14.</i></blockquote>

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<note>&hand; In the early colonial records of New England, the term <i>goodman</i> is frequently used as a title of designation, sometimes in a respectful manner, to denote a person whose first name was not known, or when it was not desired to use that name; in this use it was nearly equivalent to <i>Mr</i>. This use was doubtless brought with the first settlers from England.</note>