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godsend
god·send
/
ˈgɒdˌsɛnd
/
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god
-send
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noun
an unexpected thing or event that is particularly welcome and timely, as if sent by God.
Origin:
1805–15;
earlier
God's send,
variant (by influence of
send
1
) of
God's sond
or
sand,
Middle English
Godes sand
(
sand
Old English:
message, service)
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godsend
(ˈɡɒdˌsɛnd)
—
n
a person or thing that comes unexpectedly but is particularly welcome
[C19: changed from C17
God's send,
alteration of
goddes sand
God's message, from Old English
sand;
see
send
1
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
godsend
1814, "a wreck," from God's send, from
God
(q.v.) + M.E. sande "that which is sent, message." Sense of "happy chance" is from 1831.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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