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Godlike

//ˈɡɑdlaɪk// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the characteristics of a god.

    "Man himself had been his greatest blunder; he had created a rival to himself; science makes men godlike — it is all up with priests and gods when man becomes scientific!"

  2. 2
    Similar or comparable to God, the sole deity of a monotheistic religion.
  3. 3
    Characteristic of a god.

    "And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep / Of godlike hardship tells me I must die / Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky."

Adjective
  1. 1
    being or having the nature of a god wordnet
  2. 2
    appropriate to or befitting a god wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From god + -like.

Etymology 2

From God + -like; compare godlike.

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