goody two-shoes

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Definition of goody two-shoes words

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

puritan — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
victorian — of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
goody-goody — a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
prig — Chiefly British. a thief.
prissy — excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim.

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