goody-goody

[ good-ee-good-ee ]

/ ˈgʊd iˈgʊd i /

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noun, plural good·y-good·ies.

a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.

adjective

self-righteously or cloyingly good; affecting goodness.

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Origin of goody-goody

First recorded in 1870–75; reduplication of goody²

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And now here we are, some of us anyway, looking back with syrupy nostalgia to the Sam Goody days!
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The goody-goody Jagger started becoming more like Richards and began calling himself “Mick.”
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It's probably a very tasteful goody bag for some very tasteful ladies.
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Obama and the goody-goody Democrats desperately want to believe the Republicans are capable of a compromise on health care.
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Goody Wallis has asked me to write to her, and I shall certainly do so at once, distinctly forbidding it.
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Oh, you dear old Goody Goody, she cried, springing to her feet and throwing her arms around Tessa.
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You have here a triall of her fidelity, that Goody Busie-body vaunted of.
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"Goody Oliver" was executed as a witch on November 16th, 1688.
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One said contemptuously, "Oh, you're a goody-goody, parson!"
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British Dictionary definitions for goody-goody

goody-goody

noun plural -goodies

a smugly virtuous or sanctimonious person

adjective

smug and sanctimonious

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