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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
al·might·y       [awl-mahy-tee] Pronunciation Key
–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 might2 + -ig -y1); cf. Alemanni]

al·might·i·ly, adverb
al·might·i·ness, noun

1. supreme, sovereign, all-powerful.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
al·might·y       (ôl-mī'tē)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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]

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
almighty

adjective
1. having unlimited power 

noun
1. terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead

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.

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