goddess
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒdɛs/
The English word “goddess” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- A female deity.
- An incredibly beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, attractive woman honored and adored for her beauty or of superior charm and intelligence.
- A woman of substantial authority or influence.
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.
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