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Word entry · 8 letters

goodness

Best crossword clue

"Kind quality"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡʊdnəs/Part of speech nounSorted degnoossStarts with GEnds with S3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. moral excellence or admirableness

Word origin

From Middle English goodnesse, godnesse, from Old English gōdnes (“goodness; virtue; kindness”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdnassī (“goodness”), equivalent to good + -ness. Cognate with Scots guidness (“goodness”), West Frisian goedens (“goodness”), Old High German guotnessī (“goodness”), Middle High German guotnisse (“goodness”), Russian годность (godnostʹ, “suitability, fitness”).

Used in a sentence

  • There is ſome ſoule of goodneſſe in things euill, / VVould men obſeruingly 'diſtill it out.
  • Rich, raisiny, smoky, coffee goodness: that is the flavor of urfa biber.
  • Thank goodness that the war is over!

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Kind quality8 letters
02Quality of being kind8 letters
03Kindness8 letters

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