good nature
See also: goodnature
English
editAlternative forms
edit- goodnature (obsolete)
Etymology
editFrom Middle English good nature, equivalent to good + nature, after Middle French bonne nature.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgood nature (countable and uncountable, plural good natures)
- Habitual kindness or mildness of temper or disposition; amiability. [from 15th c.]
- 1863, Anthony Trollope, Rachel Ray:
- I am disposed to think that Mrs. Butler Cornbury did Mrs. Tappitt an injury when she with so much ready goodnature accepted the invitation for the party […].
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 11, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- the goodnature and generosity which belonged to his character
- 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:
- The young count's good nature and easy persuadability were among his best characteristics.