goody

UK: /ˈgʊdi/ US: /ˈgʊdi/ ,(gŏŏd′ē)

Inflections of 'goody' (n): npl: goodies

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

good•y¹ or good•ie /ˈgʊdi/   n., pl. good•ies, interj. 
n. [countable] Usually, goodies. [plural]

1. Informal Terms something pleasing to eat, as candy.
2. Informal Terms something esp. desirable:
   all sorts of goodies, like money and cars and houses.

interj. 

3. Informal Terms This word is used, as by children, to express childish delight, or is sometimes used ironically.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

good•y¹  (gŏŏd′ē), n., pl. good•ies, interj. [Informal.]
n. 

1. Informal Terms Usually, goodies. something especially attractive or pleasing, esp. cake, cookies, or candy.
2. Informal Terms something that causes delight or satisfaction:
   A record collector played some goodies for me on his phonograph.

interj. 

3. Informal Terms good (used to express childish delight).

Also, goodie. 

• good + -y², as noun, nominal suffix 1750–60

good•y²  (gŏŏd′ē), adj. 

1. goody-goody.

• apparently good + -y², with attenuating or pejorative value, probably influenced by goody two shoes 1805–15

good•y³  (gŏŏd′ē), n., pl. good•ies. 

1. [Archaic.] a polite term of address for a woman of humble social standing.

• 1550–60; good(wife) + -y²; compare hussy

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

goody / ˈɡʊdɪ/ interjection

1. a child's exclamation of pleasure and approval

noun (goodies)

1. short for goody-goody
2. the hero in a film, book, etc
3. something particularly pleasant to have or (often) to eat
   See also goodies

goody / ˈɡʊdɪ/ noun (goodies)

1. a married woman of low rank: used as a title: Goody Osborne

Etymology: 16th Century: shortened from goodwife