goodlich

goodlich

Middle English

Etymology

    From Old English gōdlīċ (“good, goodly”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz (“good, goodly”), equivalent to good +‎ -lich.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɡoːdlitʃ/

    Adjective

    goodlich

    1. goodly (gracious, kind, kindly-disposed)
      • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:
        And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew.
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    Descendants

    • English: goodly
    • Scots: guidlie
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