Etymology

ungood

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Today it means: Not good; bad. Full definition →

Middle English ungod ← Old English ungōd
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ungood · adjective1

  1. Old English · inherited fromungōd
  2. Middle English · inherited fromungod
  3. English todayungood

From Middle English ungod, from Old English ungōd, equivalent to un- (“not”) + good (adjective). Popularised by its appearance in Newspeak, a fictional language coined in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), a dystopian novel by George Orwell.

ungood · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromungod“evil”
  2. English todayungood

From Middle English ungod (“evil”), equivalent to un- (“lack of”) + good (noun). Cognate with German Low German Ungood (“bad, evil”), German Ungüte (“ungood”).

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