god | Lernwerd

Forms

1.A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
- The most frequently used name for the Islamic god is Allah.
- When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love.
2.An idol.
- Leo Messi is my god!
- There was an order in the universe, but it was no longer the order of the past. There was only one God, whose name was steam and spoke in the voice of Malthus, McCulloch, and anyone who employed machinery.
3.A person in a very high position of authority, importance or influence; a powerful ruler or tyrant.
- In 1951 Stalin was a god and the official tone towards the West was one of total antagonism.
4.A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.(informal)
- He is the god of soccer!

1.To idolize.
- "Godded him up" .. It's the fear of discerning journalists: Does coverage of athletic stars, on field and off, approach beatification of the living?
- CORIOLANUS: This last old man, / Whom with a crack'd heart I have sent to Rome, / Loved me above the measure of a father; / Nay, godded me, indeed.
2.To deify.
- Then got he bow and shafts of gold and lead, / In which so fell and puissant he grew, / That Jove himselfe his powre began to dread, / And, taking up to heaven, him godded new.

1.Ellipsis of oh God: expressing annoyance or frustration.
- Admiral Anderson: God.. feels like years since I just sat down.
- God, is this because of the "I don't love you anymore" T-shirt I bought? It was a joke!

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós?

Proto-Germanic *gudą

Proto-West Germanic *god

Old English god

Middle English god

English god