demigod
pronunciation
How to pronounce demigod in British English:
UK [ˈdemigɒd]
How to pronounce demigod in American English:
US [ˈdemigɑd]
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- Noun:
- a person with great powers and abilities
- a person who is part mortal and part god
Word Origin
- demigod (n.)
- 1520s, from demi- + god, rendering Latin semideus. The child of sexual intercourse between a deity and a mortal, a man raised to divine rank, or a minor god.
Example
- 1. People worship this guy like he 's a demigod .
- 2. A demigod is the offspring of a god and a mortal .
- 3. This makes sense : if socrates was not mortal , then he was a demigod or a stone statue or something .
- 4. Priesthoods based on the worship of a demigod are extremely rare .
- 5. And their demigod still lurks in the forest !