Deus

[dee-uhs, dey-, de-oos]

noun

1. God. D.

Deus

/ ˈdeɪʊs /

noun

1. God

Word History and Origins

Origin of Deus¹

1250–1300; < Latin: god, earlier deiuos; cognate with Sanskrit deva, Lithuanian diẽvas, Old Irish día

Word History and Origins

Origin of Deus¹

related to Greek Zeus

Example Sentences

Elsbeth was created as a deus ex machina.

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It’s a characteristically eclectic set that also includes a strutting funk-rock tune featuring Ben Harper, a glammy rave-up co-written by Shudder to Think’s Craig Wedren and a woozy existentialist’s ballad about discovering there’s no “no deus ex machina working away in the wings.”

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Jeeves is a deus ex machina; we learn almost nothing about him, except for imperturbability and skill at solving the crises that Bertie falls into through his pure cloth-headedness.

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There will be no deus ex machina moment or big plot twist where the hero saves the American people.

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Pete Hegseth, the Cabinet secretary with control of the U.S. military, has a big tattoo across his right bicep in a Gothic font spelling Deus Vult — the Latin term for “God wills it” — a holy-war motto of Europe’s 11th century Christian Crusades.

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