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
- 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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- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
Descendants
- English: goodly
- Scots: guidlie
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