English Explanatory Dictionary

gooden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make good; improve; better; perfect.
  2. To become good.
  3. To grow; improve; prosper.
verb
  1. To perambulate, usually town to town, collecting alms, gifts, or small gratuities before Christmas-time, usually on St. Thomas's Day.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

gooden goodens goodening goodened

Etymology

From good + -en. Compare Middle English goden, godien (“to make good, become good, endow with goods”), from Old English gōdian (“to improve, get better; make better; endow, enrich”). More at good.

Synonyms

mump

Related words

goodening

Derived words

goodening
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