goodness
要点優秀さ、親切、よいところ
意味
- (一般に)優秀さ,質のよさ,よい状態
- (人の)親切,優しさ,寛容,親切
- (食物などの)よいところ,精髄,滋養分
- 《Godを遠回しに言って驚きを表す句に用いて》
例文
For goodness sake, do get out from the blanket!
いい加減布団から出なさい。
He had the goodness to come all the way to see me.
彼は親切にもわざわざ訪ねて来てくれた。
Oh my goodness, Tom's bag is in a place like this.
あらぁ、トムのカバンがこんなところに。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English goodnesse, godnesse, from Old English gōdnes (“goodness; virtue; kindness”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdnassī (“goodness”), equivalent to good + -ness. Cognate with Scots guidness (“goodness”), West Frisian goedens (“goodness”), Old High German guotnessī (“goodness”), Middle High German guotnisse (“goodness”), Russian годность (godnostʹ, “suitability, fitness”).