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al⋅might⋅y

  [awl-mahy-tee]
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–adjective
1. having unlimited power; omnipotent, as God.
2. having very great power, influence, etc.: The almighty press condemned him without trial.
3. Informal. extreme; terrible: He's in an almighty fix.
–adverb
4. Informal. extremely: It's almighty hot.
–noun
5. the Almighty, God.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE ælmihtig, ealmihtig, equiv. to æl-, eal- all (c. ON al- < *ol-o-) + mihtig (miht, meaht might 2 + -ig -y 1 ); cf. Alemanni

Related forms:
al⋅might⋅i⋅ly, adverb
al⋅might⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. supreme, sovereign, all-powerful.
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al·might·y   (ôl-mī'tē)   
adj.  
  1. Having absolute power; all-powerful: almighty God.
  2. Informal Great; extreme: an almighty din.
adv.   Informal
Used as an intensive: almighty scared.
n.   Almighty
God. Used with the.

[Middle English almighti, from Old English ealmihtig : eall, all; see all + mihtig, mighty (from miht, might; see might1).]
al·might'i·ly adv., al·might'i·ness n.
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Almighty

Al*might"y\ ([add]l*m[imac]t"[y^]), a. [AS. ealmihtig, [ae]lmihtig; eal (OE. al) all + mihtig mighty.]

1. Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.

I am the Almighty God. --Gen. xvii. 1.

2. Great; extreme; terrible. [Slang]

Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. --De Quincey.

The Almighty, the omnipotent God. --Rev. i. 8.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : almighty
Spanish: todopoderoso,
German: allmächtig,
Japanese: 全能の
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almighty 
O.E. ælmihtig, compound of æl "all" + mihtig "mighty," common Gmc. (cf. O.S. alomahtig, O.H.G. alamahtic), perhaps an early P.Gmc. loan-translation of L. omnipotens (see omnipotent).
"The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land." [Washington Irving, 1836]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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