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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
al·might·y 
[awl-mahy-tee] Pronunciation Key
[awl-mahy-tee] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–adverb
–noun
| 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. |
| 4. | Informal. extremely: It's almighty hot. |
| 5. | the Almighty, God. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| al·might·y
(ôl-mī'tē) Pronunciation Key
adj.
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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
almighty
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
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| almighty | |
adjective | |
| 1. | having unlimited power |
noun | |
| 1. | terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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