Good-looking means attractive in face and figure. A good-looking couple.
It is a plain everyday compliment paid to men and women alike. Good-looking is milder than beautiful or handsome, which is why it is safe to say aloud.
1adjectivegood-lookingAttractive in face and figure, a plain everyday compliment paid to men and women alike.
“He was good-looking and knew it, which spoiled it.”
good-looking is a quality.
Good plus looking; the German gutaussehend and the Dutch goeduitziend are built the same way.
From good + looking. Compare Dutch goeduitziend (“good-looking”), German gutaussehend (“good-looking”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA