the almighty

adjective

having unlimited power; omnipotent, as God.

having very great power, influence, etc.: The almighty press condemned him without trial.

Informal. extreme; terrible: He's in an almighty fix.

adverb

Informal. extremely: It's almighty hot.

noun

the Almighty, God.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English ælmihtig, ealmihtig, equivalent to æl-, eal- all (cognate with Old Norse al- < *ol-o-) + mihtig (miht, meaht might² + -ig -y¹); cf. Alemanni

Related forms

al·might·i·ly, adverb

al·might·i·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. supreme, sovereign, all-powerful.

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almighty (ɔːlˈmaɪtɪ)

—*adj*
1.	all-powerful; omnipotent
2.	informal (intensifier): an almighty row

—*adv*
3.	informal (intensifier): an almighty loud bang

al'mightily

—*adv*

al'mightiness

—n

Almighty (ɔːlˈmaɪtɪ)

—n
	the Almighty another name for God

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Word Origin & History

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]

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"Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me; when his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness; when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent; when the Almighty was still with me, when my children were around me; when my steps were washed with milk, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square, the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose up and stood..."

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