Good?

ARBITRARY WORD OF THE DAY

Cal Tjader: Never Can Say Goodbye
Last Bolero In Berkeley (Fantasy, 1973)

Peedi Crakk AKA Peedi Peedi: Sit…Good Dog
Freeway & Benja Styles: What We Do The Movie

It’s Monday, my deriving at the arbitrary word of the day as “good” is irrefutably arbitrary. I’m not feeling too verbose, nor am I feeling “too” much of anything work-related today, as again, it is Monday - cars made on Monday are to be avoided for the same reason.

Main Entry: ¹good
Pronunciation: 'gud
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): bet·ter /'be-t&r/; best /'best/
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gOd; akin to Old High German guot good, Middle High German gatern to unite, Sanskrit gadhya what one clings to
1 a (1) : of a favorable character or tendency <good news> (2) : BOUNTIFUL, FERTILE <good land> (3) : HANDSOME, ATTRACTIVE <good looks> b (1) : SUITABLE, FIT <good to eat> (2) : free from injury or disease good arm> (3) : not depreciated good> (4) : commercially sound good risk> (5) : that can be relied on <good for another year> <good for a hundred dollars> good for a laugh> (6) : PROFITABLE, ADVANTAGEOUS good deal> c (1) : AGREEABLE, PLEASANT good time> (2) : SALUTARY, WHOLESOME <good for a cold> (3) : AMUSING, CLEVER good joke> d (1) : of a noticeably large size or quantity : CONSIDERABLE good margin> good bit of the time> (2) : FULL good hour> (3) -- used as an intensive good many of us> e (1) : WELL-FOUNDED, COGENT <good reasons> (2) : TRUE good for society at large> (3) : deserving of respect : HONORABLE good standing> (4) : legally valid or effectual <good title> f (1) : ADEQUATE, SATISFACTORY <good care> -- often used in faint praise good -- Frank Deford> (2) : conforming to a standard <good English> (3) : CHOICE, DISCRIMINATING <good taste> (4) : containing less fat and being less tender than higher grades -- used of meat and especially of beef
2 a (1) : VIRTUOUS, RIGHT, COMMENDABLE good person> <good conduct> (2) : KIND, BENEVOLENT <good intentions> b : UPPER-CLASS good family> c : COMPETENT, SKILLFUL good doctor> d (1) : LOYAL good party man> good Catholic> (2) : CLOSE good friend> e : free from infirmity or sorrow good>
- good·ish /'gu-dish/ adjective
- as good as : in effect : VIRTUALLY <as good as dead>
- as good as gold
1 : of the highest worth or reliability as good as gold>
2 : well-behaved as good as gold>
- good and /"gud-^&n/ : VERY, ENTIRELY good and mad>
usage An old notion that it is wrong to say "I feel good" in reference to health still occasionally appears in print. The origins of this notion are obscure, but they seem to combine someone's idea that good should be reserved to describe virtue and uncertainty about whether an adverb or an adjective should follow feel. Today nearly everyone agrees that both good and well can be predicate adjectives after feel. Both are used to express good health, but good may connote good spirits in addition to good health.