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ˌdemiˈgoddess rare.
[demi- 11 + goddess: rendering L. semidea.]
A female demigod.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 498 The most antique demi-goddesses that ever were. 1788A. Hughes Hen. & Isab. I. 74 Her whole appearance..reminded the beholder of a nymph or demy goddess. 1836–48B. D. Walsh Aristoph., Clouds i. iv, Or am I to think that the musical maids Are certain divine demigoddesses?
Hence demiˈgoddess-ship.
1858in Grosart's Spenser (1882) III. p. xciii, Upon Rosalinde..an affection of the demigoddess-ship..is..charged. |