goddess

CEFRB1

/ˈɡɒdɛs/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A female god or woman greatly admired for her beauty or skill.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A woman of substantial authority or influence.

Examples

  • I am the last remaining worshipper of the goddess Demeter.

  • The Romans worshiped their goddess, Juno.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /-ɪs/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An incredibly beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, attractive woman honored and adored for her beauty or of superior charm and intelligence.

  2. A female deity.

More examples

In context

  • […] 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.

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

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.