goddess

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10
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11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɡɒdɛs/
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/ˈɡɒdɛs/ · /-ɪs/ · /ˈɡɑdəs/ · /-ɛs/

Definition of goddess

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A female deity.
    “[…] 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 universal goddess and all-encompassing cosmic location.”
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noun

  1. A female deity.
    “[…] 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 universal goddess and all-encompassing cosmic location.”
  2. (figuratively)An incredibly beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, attractive woman honored and adored for her beauty or of superior charm and intelligence.
    “The girls who had tormented me in high school had fallen, hard, from their pedestals. The cheerleader goddesses were Wal-Mart moms, wearing enough eyeliner and dark shadow to supply a Goth nightclub for a month.”
  3. (figuratively)A woman of substantial authority or influence.

name

  1. The single goddess of various monotheistic religions.
  2. The single goddess of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions.
  3. The single goddess of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English goddesse, equivalent to god + -ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579). Displaced Old English gyden.

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