α. see good adj., n., adv., and int. and now adv., conj., n.1, and adj.
β. English regional (south-western) 1800s goo'-ner, 1800s– genow, 1800s– go-now.
good-nowint.
/ˈɡʊdˌnaʊ/, U.S. /ˈɡʊdˌnaʊ/ Now English regional (south-western) and rare.
Expressing a wide range of emotions and commands, esp. surprise, entreaty, or encouragement.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations
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1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. v. v. sig. Fiij Nay gogs foote, good nowe, no more of this stur.
1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 72 I am not to trouble ye often: goodnowe be a little compassionate this once.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 19 Now, good now, Say so but seldome. View more context for this quotation
1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar ii. iii. 23 Good now, good now, how your Devotions jump with mine!
1735 J. Miller Man of Taste i. 11 Good now, Brother, don't talk so much, but let each of us live as he has a mind to't.
1754 S. Foote Knights i. 9 A Treaty with..the Pope! Wonderful! Good now, good now! how, how?
1754 S. Foote Knights ii. 22 Sir, Mr. Jenkins beg's to speak with you... Good now; desire him to walk in.
1814 F. Burney Wanderer III. v. xlix. 186 Her cries reached their ears, and one of them, advancing to the chaise, exclaimed, ‘Good now! if it is not Miss Ellis!’
1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Go-now, Genow, Good-now, used as an expletive, or an address to a person (S.). ‘What do 'ee think o' that, genow!’
1895 T. Hardy Jude iv. iv. 272 She'll get over it, good-now?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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