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good liking

good liking noun: approval, support or approbation for something.

Noun

good liking (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Approval, support or approbation for something.
    • [M]y commission is to both; and, with your highness's good-liking, in the presence of both I shall deliver it.1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, section II
  2. (archaic) Friendliness towards other people.
    • Yours was a match of Prudence and common Good-liking.1727, Jonathan Swift, Letter to a Very Young Lady

Origin of good liking

From good + liking. Compare earlier well-liking.

Questions about good liking

What does good liking mean?
Good liking means approval, support or approbation for something.
What part of speech is good liking?
Good liking is a noun.

Words near good liking in the dictionary

  1. good length
  2. good lengths
  3. good lick
  4. good licks
  5. good life
  6. good liking
  7. good lives
  8. good looker
  9. good lookers
  10. good looking
  11. good looks

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