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halfgod

Definitions

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  • noun A demigod.
  • noun A lesser or minor god; a godling.

Etymologies

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From Middle English half-god, equivalent to half- +‎ god. Cognate with Dutch halfgod ("demigod"), German Halbgott ("demigod"), Danish halvgud ("demigod"), Swedish halvgud ("demigod, hero").

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Examples

  • (Gascoigne) did service once, if not instead of astrologer, yet side by side with it; ‘halfgod’ (Golding) had the advantage over ‘demigod’, that it was all of one piece; ‘to eyebite’ (Holland) told its story at least as well as to fascinate; ‘shriftfather’ as confessor; ‘earshrift’

    English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846

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