demigod
nounEtymology
From demi- + god. Calque of the Latin semideus (“half-god”), which is probably a coining by the Roman poet Ovid for less important gods such as dryads.
- derived from semideus
Definitions
A half-god or hero
A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
Someone held up for reverence as a supreme example.
- "Ah! he is one of your idols, I suppose," said Lord Norbourne, with a slight approach to a sneer. "Youth is prone to admire; but it is odd how, in a few years, we discover the defects of our demigods...
The ice hockey player Ivan Demidov, when portrayed as a hero.
- The 19-year-old right-winger — already dubbed Demigod — was set to play his first game with the Canadiens and the buzz in the city was off the charts.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at demigod. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at demigod. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at demigod
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA