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語源

From good + nature, after French bonne nature.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ɡʊdˈneɪtʃə/

名詞

good nature (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 good natures)

1. 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, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:

     the goodnature and generosity which belonged to his character

   • 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. [...] In Two Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I または II), Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, OCLC 459816658: