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demigod

[ dem-ee-god ]

noun

  1. a mythological being who is partly divine and partly human; an inferior deity.
  2. a deified mortal.


demigod

/ ˈdɛmɪˌɡɒd /

noun

    1. a mythological being who is part mortal, part god
    2. a lesser deity
  1. a person with outstanding or godlike attributes


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Derived Forms

  • ˈdemiˌgoddess, noun:feminine

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Word History and Origins

Origin of demigod1

1520–30; translation of Latin sēmideus. See demi-, god ( def )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of demigod1

C16: translation of Latin sēmideus

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Example Sentences

Given what advocates have had to deal with in the past, the man seems like a demigod.

Bachchan, after a few decades of demigod status in Bollywood, is the very baritone of authority in Indian film.

He has become the demigod of the bloated manufacturing, mining, and landlord interests throughout the country.

I have consulted God and demigod; the nymph of the river, and what I far more admire and trust, my blue-eyed Minerva.

With him Alexander was the veritable demigod whom he sottishly decreed that his subjects should see in him.

Parr moved back, as if to allow this young demigod the center of the stage.

Compared with the sordid men around her, with whom he would be an object of supercilious contempt, he seemed like a demigod.

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