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goddess

noun
/ˈɡɒdɛs/UK/ˈɡɑdəs/US

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.

  1. derived from goddesse

Definitions

  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. An incredibly beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, attractive woman honored and adored for her…

    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. A woman of substantial authority or influence.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The single goddess of various monotheistic religions.

    2. The single goddess of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions.

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Derived

bitch goddess, demigoddess, domestic goddess, goddesship, goddesshood, goddessless, goddesslike, goddessling, goddessly, goddess-queen, goddess-ship, goddessship, goddessy, goddex, Green Goddess, moon goddess, mother goddess, personal goddess, porcelain goddess, regal sea goddess, sea goddess, sex goddess, solar goddess, sun goddess, triple goddess, worship the porcelain goddess, oh my Goddess

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at goddess. 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.

01goddess02substantial03firm04football05zone06tropics07earth08planet09venus

A definitional loop anchored at goddess. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at goddess

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA