goldilocks
/ˈɡoʊldiˌlɑks/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.62 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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A golden-haired young girl, featuring as the protagonist of a traditional fairy tale, who inquisitively enters the house of three bears and tries their three bowls of porridge, three chairs, and three beds, in each case finding only one that suits her.
name
A happy medium or optimal point between two extremes.
Example Sentences
- "Tennis players are the Goldilocks characters of sports. The balls are too big, or too small. The courts are too fast, or too slow. It’s too cold, or too hot, or too sticky, or too sunny."
- "Once the appropriate levels are stabilized at a Goldilocks level, not too detailed nor too summarized, then the connection of the ABC/M data to business problems, their analysis, and ultimate solutions can follow."
- "The mathematically rigorous texts, on the other hand, are unreadable for the non- specialist. I was looking for something in-between, a Goldilocks volume pitched just at my level, neither too easy nor too difficult."
- "He sighed at the Goldilocks temperature. Jane might think different, but this felt perfect to him."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡoʊldiˌlɑks/
- British English: /ˈɡəʊldilɒks/