LekhoriLekhoriThe state or characteristic of being good.
There is ſome ſoule of goodneſſe in things euill, / VVould men obſeruingly 'diſtill it out.
The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
God.
Thank goodness that the war is over!
Clipping of goodness me or various similar exclamations such as goodness gracious.
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 guidnes...
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