goodwife
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
Definition of goodwife
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(obsolete)A female head of a household.
“"O my lord the Sultan," said the other [the Wazir], "verily women be weakly of wits, and haply this goodwife cometh hither to complain before thee against her goodman or some of her people."”
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noun
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(obsolete)A female head of a household.
“"O my lord the Sultan," said the other [the Wazir], "verily women be weakly of wits, and haply this goodwife cometh hither to complain before thee against her goodman or some of her people."”
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(obsolete)A title of respect for a woman.
“Goodwife Hopkins”
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(obsolete)A title of respect for a woman
“Goodwife Hopkins”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English goodwyf, godwyf, godwif, equivalent to good + wife.
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