See also: Goddess
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) enPR: gŏd'ĕs, IPA(key): /ˈɡɒd.ɛs/
- (US) enPR: gäd'ǐs, IPA(key): /ˈɡɑd.ɪs/
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Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: god‧dess
EtymologyEdit
god + -ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579).
NounEdit
goddess (plural goddesses)
- (religion) A female deity.
- (figuratively) A human female honored or adored as physically attractive or of superior charm and intelligence.
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TranslationsEdit
female deity
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adored or idealized woman
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