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goddess

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god·dess

[god-is]
noun
1.
a female god or deity.
2.
a woman of extraordinary beauty and charm.
3.
a greatly admired or adored woman.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; see God, -ess

god·dess·hood, god·dess·ship, noun
su·per·god·dess, noun


See -ess.

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Goddess is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example Sentences
  • But legend had it that the sun goddess had hiked up the same trail.
  • She is the businesswoman's maternity wear goddess here in the city.
  • Ah, the name of an earth goddess instead of some term containing the word super, how refreshing.
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goddess (ˈɡɒdɪs)
 
n
1.  a female divinity
2.  a woman who is adored or idealized, esp by a man
 
'goddesshood
 
n
 
'goddess-ship
 
n

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goddess
mid-14c., from god (q.v.) + fem. suffix -esse.
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