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goddess

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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishgoddesse, equivalent togod +‎-ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Spenser'sShepheardes calender (1579). Displaced Old Englishgyden.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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goddess (pluralgoddesses)

  1. (religion) A femaledeity.
    • 2019 January 8, Christine Proust, John Steele,Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk, Springer,→ISBN, page248:
      […] since the goddess Antu did not hold a prominent status at Uruk before the fifth century. The primary purpose of MLC 1890 was evidently to present Antu as universalgoddess and all-encompassing cosmic location.
  2. (figuratively) Awoman honored or adored as physically attractive or of superior charm and intelligence.
    • 2014, Mary Castillo, Caridad Pineiro Scordato, Berta Platas,Friday Night Chicas: Sexy Stories from La Noche, page216:
      The girls who had tormented me in high school had fallen, hard, from their pedestals. The cheerleadergoddesses were Wal-Mart moms, wearing enough eyeliner and dark shadow to supply a Goth nightclub for a month.
  3. (figuratively) A woman of substantialauthority orinfluence.

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Translations

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female deity
adored or idealized woman
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