God's giftn.

Brit.

/ˌɡɒdz ˈɡɪft/, U.S.

/ˌɡɑdz ˈɡɪft/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: god n., gift n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of god n. + gift n.¹In quot. 1586 after Middle French Dieu-donné, lit. ‘God-given’, epithet of king Philip II of France (1165–1223, so called on account of his birth preventing an impending dynastic crisis) (1584 in the passage translated in the quot.).

A gift from God, a godsend. In later use chiefly: (colloquial) a person with exactly the right qualities, the ideal person; used esp. to refer to a person with an unjustifiably high opinion of himself or herself, often with regard to physical or sexual attractiveness; frequently with to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance > a benefit > as sent from God or heaven

God's gift1586

God's send1629

godsend1779

heaven-send1811

1586 E. Hoby tr. M. Coignet Polit. Disc. Trueth xxxviii. 169 Philip surnamed Gods gift [Fr. Dieu-donné], Constantine and sundry other, banished them their courtes.

1796 T. Gataker (title) A Good wife, God's gift; or A character of a wife indeed!

1880 R. Browning Clive 34 Power..God's gift magnific, exercised for good or ill.

1927 Bookman July 543/2 Like all egoistic males, he takes his time about falling for a girl. The ranch expression was that he was ‘God's gift to women’.

1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) i. i. 9 (heading) God's gift to Hollywood.

1953 H. Clevely Public Enemy xxi. 151 It may do him a bit of good to find out he isn't God's gift to women walking the earth.

1965 J. Lawlor in J. Gibb Light on C. S. Lewis 73 I had thought of myself as God's gift to Lindsay's Balliol, with which Magdalen was teamed for scholarship purposes.

2007 P. Crerand Never turn Other Cheek iii. 42 She thought she was god's gift, because she was the best-looking girl in the Gorbals.

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

单词	gods gift
释义	God's giftn. Brit. /ˌɡɒdz ˈɡɪft/, U.S. /ˌɡɑdz ˈɡɪft/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: god n., gift n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of god n. + gift n.¹In quot. 1586 after Middle French Dieu-donné, lit. ‘God-given’, epithet of king Philip II of France (1165–1223, so called on account of his birth preventing an impending dynastic crisis) (1584 in the passage translated in the quot.). A gift from God, a godsend. In later use chiefly: (colloquial) a person with exactly the right qualities, the ideal person; used esp. to refer to a person with an unjustifiably high opinion of himself or herself, often with regard to physical or sexual attractiveness; frequently with to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance > a benefit > as sent from God or heaven God's gift1586 God's send1629 godsend1779 heaven-send1811 1586 E. Hoby tr. M. Coignet Polit. Disc. Trueth xxxviii. 169 Philip surnamed Gods gift [Fr. Dieu-donné], Constantine and sundry other, banished them their courtes. 1796 T. Gataker (title) A Good wife, God's gift; or A character of a wife indeed! 1880 R. Browning Clive 34 Power..God's gift magnific, exercised for good or ill. 1927 Bookman July 543/2 Like all egoistic males, he takes his time about falling for a girl. The ranch expression was that he was ‘God's gift to women’. 1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) i. i. 9 (heading) God's gift to Hollywood. 1953 H. Clevely Public Enemy xxi. 151 It may do him a bit of good to find out he isn't God's gift to women walking the earth. 1965 J. Lawlor in J. Gibb Light on C. S. Lewis 73 I had thought of myself as God's gift to Lindsay's Balliol, with which Magdalen was teamed for scholarship purposes. 2007 P. Crerand Never turn Other Cheek iii. 42 She thought she was god's gift, because she was the best-looking girl in the Gorbals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1586
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