Demigod
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
- 2 a person who is part mortal and part god wordnet
- 3 Someone held up for reverence as a supreme example.
""Ah! he is one of your idols, I suppose," said Lord Norbourne, with a slight approach to a sneer. "Youth is prone to admire; but it is odd how, in a few years, we discover the defects of our demigods..."
- 4 a person with great powers and abilities wordnet
- 1 The ice hockey player Ivan Demidov, when portrayed as a hero. informal
"The 19-year-old right-winger — already dubbed Demigod — was set to play his first game with the Canadiens and the buzz in the city was off the charts."
Example
More examples"Elvis Costello is a demigod of new wave music."
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.
Blend of Russian Демидов (Demidov) + demigod.
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