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Definition of Demigoddess
1. n. A female demigod.
Definition of Demigoddess
1. Noun. (feminine of demigod) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demigoddess
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Medical Definition of Demigoddess
1. A female demigod. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demigoddess
Literary usage of Demigoddess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Russian Poetry: An Anthology by Babette Deutsch, Avrahm Yarmolinsky (1921)
"I barely dared to breathe, hid in the olive trees, While the young demigoddess
rose above the seas; Her young, her swan-white breast above the waters ..."
2. A Note on Charlotte Brontë by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1894)
"... author of ' Jane Eyre ' as qualified to ascend the height on which a minority
of not overwise admirers would fain enthrone a demigoddess of more dubious ..."
3. The Spirit of Despotism by Vicesimus Knox, William Hone (1821)
"... compelled to watch the looks and motions of the demigod or demigoddess, and
spoken to with a severity of language seldom used to the horses m the stable ..."
4. Homer's Iliad: first three books and selections by Homer (1907)
"Helen was a demigoddess. The genitive depends on Aa/3o5(ra. p' : her raiment ;
object of e'nvaf«. 386. ..."
5. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole (1905)
"... warmest devotees do not hold her above a demigoddess in comedy. I have chosen
Athenais*, in which she is to appear soon ; her scorn is admirable. ..."
6. Four Gospels by George Campbell (1837)
"... however much conceived to be superior to us, whether good or bad, hero or
heroine, demigod or demigoddess, angel or departed spirit, saint or sinner, ..."
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