goddishadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡɒdɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈɡɑdɪʃ/

Forms: see god n. and int. and -ish suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: god n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < god n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare Middle Low German gōdisch godlike, devoted to God, early modern German göttisch relating to God or a god, holy (16th cent.), and also Gothic gudisks relating to God.

Godlike, divine (also figurative). Also: characteristic or reminiscent of God.

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the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > godlike

goddishc1450

godlikec1485

c1450 (?a1402) J. Trevisa tr. De Regimine Principum (Digby 233) (1997) ii. iv. 45 Som good disposicions bien aboue vertue as þe vertue þat hiȝte vertus diuina... Som men bien as it were goddyche [L. diuini] and good passyng þe maner of mankynde..And suche goddische vertue [L. uirtutem diuinam] þat is som del aboue vertuous schal namliche bien in kynges and in princes þat schulde be as it were half goddysch.

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Aiv Of Goddish race some ofspryng should he be.

1581 A. Hall tr. Homer Iliad i. 12 The fiercest of all mortall wights..Did so agast the Seaish God, and other Goddish powers, That Ioue as soueraigne stil remaines.

1681 J. Scudamore Homer Alamode: 2nd Pt. 34 Jove..as angry as old Hannibal Would punish this same wicked Cannibal; On's own account, as well as ours, Because he slighted goddish Powers.

1899 G. A. Townsend Poems of Men & Events 141 Men, our Goddish boys.

1961 G. Smith & L. H. Kendzierski Philos. of Being xii. 184 A dog exists in a doggish way, his owner in his owner's way, and God in a Goddish way.

2002 G. Duncan I, Lucifer (2003) 3 After the Fall..we—myself and my fellow renegades—found our language changed..; more guttural, riddled with fricatives and sibilants, but less poncy, less Goddish.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	goddish
释义	goddishadj. Brit. /ˈɡɒdɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈɡɑdɪʃ/ Forms: see god n. and int. and -ish suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: god n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < god n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare Middle Low German gōdisch godlike, devoted to God, early modern German göttisch relating to God or a god, holy (16th cent.), and also Gothic gudisks relating to God. Godlike, divine (also figurative). Also: characteristic or reminiscent of God. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > godlike goddishc1450 godlikec1485 c1450 (?a1402) J. Trevisa tr. De Regimine Principum (Digby 233) (1997) ii. iv. 45 Som good disposicions bien aboue vertue as þe vertue þat hiȝte vertus diuina... Som men bien as it were goddyche [L. diuini] and good passyng þe maner of mankynde..And suche goddische vertue [L. uirtutem diuinam] þat is som del aboue vertuous schal namliche bien in kynges and in princes þat schulde be as it were half goddysch. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Aiv Of Goddish race some ofspryng should he be. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer Iliad i. 12 The fiercest of all mortall wights..Did so agast the Seaish God, and other Goddish powers, That Ioue as soueraigne stil remaines. 1681 J. Scudamore Homer Alamode: 2nd Pt. 34 Jove..as angry as old Hannibal Would punish this same wicked Cannibal; On's own account, as well as ours, Because he slighted goddish Powers. 1899 G. A. Townsend Poems of Men & Events 141 Men, our Goddish boys. 1961 G. Smith & L. H. Kendzierski Philos. of Being xii. 184 A dog exists in a doggish way, his owner in his owner's way, and God in a Goddish way. 2002 G. Duncan I, Lucifer (2003) 3 After the Fall..we—myself and my fellow renegades—found our language changed..; more guttural, riddled with fricatives and sibilants, but less poncy, less Goddish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1450
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