English

good-looking

/ˈɡʊdˈlʊk.ɪŋ/
Physically attractive (of a person).

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    Origin

    From good + looking. Compare Dutch goeduitziend (“good-looking”), German gutaussehend (“good-looking”).

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    • partEnglishgood “Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgood “good”
        • inheritedOld Englishgōd “a good thing, advantage, benefit, gift; good, goodness, welfare; virtue, ability, doughtiness; good…”
        • derivedMiddle Englishgoot “goat”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgoode “good, well”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgoden
        • inheritedOld Englishgōdian “to improve, get better; make better; endow, enrich”
      • inheritedMiddle English*goden
    • partEnglishlooking “as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishlokynge
        • inheritedOld Englishlōciende
        • inheritedOld Englishlōcung
      • suffixEnglish-ing “As true nouns.”
        • inheritedMiddle English-ynge
        • inheritedMiddle English-yng

    Related: Dutch goeduitziend, German gutaussehend

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