goddess

[god-is]

noun

1. a female god or deity.

2. Also called Triple Goddess. Goddess. (in Neopaganism) a triune female deity whose individual forms represent the different phases of life and growth.

3. a woman of extraordinary beauty and charm.

4. a greatly admired or adored woman.

   a domestic goddess who hosts lavish dinner parties.

goddess

/ ˈɡɒdɪs /

noun

1. a female divinity

2. a woman who is adored or idealized, esp by a man

Gender Note

See -ess .

Other Word Forms

• goddesshood noun
• goddessship noun
• supergoddess noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of goddess¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; god , -ess

Example Sentences

“It flaps around you like the flames men used to burn you. Your sunsum is there, whether you look like the goddess you are … or this ridiculous form.”

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“There are the four seasons,” she showed the twins as they walked, “and the four elements, and the four winds. There is the goddess Isis and the Roman god of the sea, Neptune.”

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He would have been right, too, if the goddess Diana had simply been plopped in the middle of an Ominous Landscape.

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Nicknamed the "nurse goddess" by her fans, she graduated from the Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology with a degree in nursing, according to China Press, a Mandarin newspaper published in Malaysia.

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“They are treated as gods and goddesses and put on pedestals for searching for and ‘representing’ truth and knowledge and recognizing and being proud of who they are and where they come from.”

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Related Words

• divinity 
• idol 
• immortal