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goddess

god·dess

UK/ˈɡɒdɛs/ US/-ɪs/ common

noun

1.

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • bitch goddess
  • domestic goddess
  • Green Goddess
  • hearth goddess
  • moon goddess
  • mother goddess
  • oh my Goddess
  • personal goddess

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