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The bar everyone claims to clear and nobody can quite define.
means Of a quality, standard, or kind that meets approval — desirable, satisfactory, or morally right, depending on what you're measuring.
from From Old English 'gōd,' a word with deep Germanic roots — a cousin of Dutch 'goed' and German 'gut.' The older sense traces to a notion of 'fitting' or 'suitable,' likely tied to a root meaning 'to bring together' or 'gather what belongs' (the same family that may have given us 'gather' and 'together'). So 'good' once meant something more like fit-for-purpose than virtuous — a thing that fit, that suited, that belonged. Note it has no real connection to 'better' and 'best,' which come from an entirely separate root — English simply borrowed strangers to fill out its comparisons.
- old roots
- Shares ancestry with gather, meaning fitting or suitable
- economist's word
- A good is anything bought, even bad ones
- farewell hidden
- Goodbye is a worn-down god be with you
- comparison oddity
- Becomes better and best, dropping its own root entirely
good friday agreement — 1998 peace accord that ended the northern ireland conflict, signed by uk, ireland, and political parties
good housekeeping seal — consumer trust certification started 1909 by the magazine for products meeting quality standards