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单词 petty goddess
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petty goddessn.

Brit. /ˌpɛtɪ ˈɡɒdᵻs/, /ˌpɛtɪ ˈɡɒdɛs/, U.S. /ˌpɛdi ˈɡɑdəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: petty adj., goddess n.
Etymology: < petty adj. + goddess n. Compare petty god n.
rare after 17th cent.
A minor goddess, a demigoddess.
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queena1382
goddessa1387
dewessa1400
deessc1550
petty goddess1581
Devi1842
mata1887
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 508 Renouncing the necessary helpes of pettygodds and pettygoddesses [L. Sanctorum & Sanctarum], intercession is made here onely vnto Christ.
1639 T. May Julia Agrippina iii. i. 49 What Roman Deity Shall I assume? the petty Goddesses Would all resigne.
1649 R. Baron Apologie for Paris 9 Make but these petty Goddesses subject to me, and I'le make all subject to thee, thee to none.
1726 J. Barker Lining of Patch-work Screen 9 I began to make her an Heroine, or petty Goddess in my Thoughts.
1971 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 102 571 The two aspects of beauty involves that same rift in the nature of reality which we have already discussed: Zeus on the one side, the petty goddesses on the other.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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