demigod
Meanings
noun
- A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
- Someone held up for reverence as a supreme example.
name
- The ice hockey player Ivan Demidov, when portrayed as a hero.
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Etymology
From demi- + god. Calque of the Latin semideus (“half-god”), which is probably a coining by the Roman poet Ovid for less important gods such as dryads.
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