单词 | petty goddess |
释义 | petty goddessn. rare after 17th cent. A minor goddess, a demigoddess. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > goddess 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). < n.1581 |
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