god
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- A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
- An idol.
- An idol.
- A person in a very high position of authority, importance or influence; a powerful ruler or tyrant.
- (informal) A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.
- (informal) An exceedingly handsome man.
- The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɡɒd/
Etimologia
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 Inherited from Middle English god, from Old English god, originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, from Proto-West Germanic *god n, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from *ǵʰutóm, neuter/inanimate of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós (“invoked (one)”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (“to call, to invoke”) or *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Not related to the word good or Persian خدا (xodâ, “god”). Cognates include Russian звать (zvatʹ, “to call”), Sanskrit होत्र (hotra, “calling, oblation, sacrifice”) and Latin fūtilis (“easily pours out, leaky”) (whence English futile). Doublet of futile.
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