Goodeniaceæ (gudeniasee)

pl. [NL., Same as Goodeniacea. good-even, good-evening (güd-ē'vn, -ev'ning), n. See good day, good evening, etc., under good. good-faced (gud'fast), a. Pretty. Clo . Shall I bring thee on the way? Aut . No, good - faced sir; no, sweet sir. Shak ., W. T., iv. 2. good-fellow (gud'fel'ō), n. 1. A boon companion; a jolly fellow; a reveler. [Now properly written as two words. See fellow , 5.] It was well known that Sir Roger had been a Goodfellow in his youth. Ascham , Scholemaster, p. 60. Lop. I a ure you, a close fellow; Both close and scraping, and that fills the bags, sir. Bar. A notable good - fellow too. 21. A thief. Fletcher, Spanish Curate, iv. 5. [Old cant.] Goodfellows be thieves. Heywood, Edw. IV. good-for-little (gud'för-lit-1), a. Of little aсcount or value. The little words in the republic of letters are most significant. The trisyllables, and the rumblers of syllables more than three, are but the good - for - little magnates. Richardson, Clari a Harlowe, IV. 298. good-for-nothing (gud' fôr-nuthing), a . and n. I. a. Of no value or use; worthle ; shiftle ; idle. I have not a guest to-day, nor any besides my own family, and you good - for - nothing ones. N. Bailey , tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, p. 187. A good - for - nothing fellow! I have no patience with him. Jane Austen , Sense and Sensibility, xxx. II. n. An idle, worthle person. But an unquestionable injury is done by agencies which undertake in a wholesale way to foster good-for-nothings. H. Spencer , Study of Sociol., p. 346. good-for-nothingne (gud'för-nuthing-nes), Idle shiftle ne ; usele ne . These poor families n. ... records of their good - for - nothingne . have not kept such elaborate Richardson, Pamela, II. 54.