goody-goody



goody-goody

1. noun Someone who exclusively follows the rules and caters to authority figures; a teacher's pet. Jill's classmates called her a goody-goody after she volunteered to supervise the class while the teacher was away.
2. adjective Self-righteous or sanctimonious. Forget your goody-goody rules and go out on a school night for once!

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Martinamahr-TEE-nah (Italian, Spanish, Dutch), mahr-TEEN-ə (English)German, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, English, Swedish, Dutch, Ancien
Ipatiy-Russian (Rare)
Edgardoed-GAHR-doSpanish, Italian
Zlatan-Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Slovene
Horia-Romanian
ŞEbnem-Turkish