apotheosizedadj.
/əˈpɒθɪəsʌɪzd/, U.S. /əˈpɑθiəˌsaɪzd/ Elevated to divine status; deified, idolized; glorified, exalted.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective]
higheOE
drightlikeOE
highlyOE
drightfula1225
prouda1275
principalc1385
solemna1387
gentlec1390
high and mighty1400
imperial?c1400
royalc1405
kinglyc1425
sublimatec1425
lordfulc1429
lordlyc1440
assumpt1447
raiseda1450
haught1470
kinglikec1485
lordlike1488
triumphant1494
greatlya1500
princely?a1510
supereminent1531
princelike1532
lofta1547
lofty1548
regal1561
supernal1562
haughty1563
excelse1569
queen-like?1571
majestical1578
erecteda1586
augustious1591
ennobled1592
imperious1592
enthronized1593
august1594
high-born1598
sublimed1602
jovial1604
majestic1606
enthroned1609
starred1615
exalted1623
majestuous1633
reared1638
sublimary1655
majestative1656
kingrik1663
superb1663
grand1673
celse1708
stilted1744
canonized1790
queenly1791
apotheosized1794
princified1857
1794 Crit. Rev. 9 App. 516 The Flamines Augustales..were consecrated to the memory of the apotheosized emperors.
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xxii. 179 O, exalted among birds—apotheosised goose.
1876 H. Spencer Princ. Sociol. I. 431 There were apotheosized mortals too, among the Greek deities.
1949 Life 26 Sept. 9/2 Frank Lloyd Wright, the apotheosized survivor of this movement, deserves mention at least.
1987 S. Stich Made in U.S.A. 67/2 Edward Ruscha depicts the gas station as a monumentalized edifice, an apotheosized shrine.
2006 S. Lloyd Gone Troppo 76 Pale-green walls adorned with..a picture of the apotheosized King and Queen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1794