god
Meanings
- A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
- An idol.
- A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.
- Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.
- A person in a very high position of authority, importance or influence; a powerful ruler or tyrant.
- A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.
- An exceedingly handsome man.
- The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
- Alternative letter-case form of God.
- To idolize.
- To deify.
- The first deity of various theistic religions, and the only deity in monotheism.
- God the Father as distinguished from Jesus Christ, God the Son.
- The single male deity of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions.
- The transcendent principle, for example the ultimate cause or prime mover, often not considered as a person.
- A being such as a monotheistic God: a single divine creator and ruler of the universe.
- Ellipsis of oh God: expressing annoyance or frustration.
- Typographical variant of God, particularly in English translations of the Bible.
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English god, from Old English god, originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, from Proto-West Germanic *god n, from Proto-Germanic *gudą; see there for further origin. Cognates Cognate with Scots God (“God”), Yola God, Gud (“God”), gud (“god”), Saterland Frisian God (“God”), West Frisian God (“God”), god (“deity, god”), Alemannic German, Cimbrian, German, Luxembourgish and Mòcheno Gott (“God”), Central Franconian Jott (“God”), Dutch god (“deity, god”), Limburgish Gód (“God”), gód (“god”), Vilamovian Göt (“God”), Yiddish גאָט (got, “god; God”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish gud (“god; God”), Faroese Gud (“God”), Icelandic goð (“idol, pagan god”), guð, Guð (“God”), Norwegian Nynorsk Gu, Gud (“God”), gu, gud (“god”), Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ, “deity, god; God”). Not related to the word good or Persian خدا (xodâ, “god”).