goddess

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English goddesse, equivalent to god +‎ -ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579). Displaced Old English gyden. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gŏd'ĕs, enPR: gäd'ǐs, IPA(key): /ˈɡɒdɛs/, /-ɪs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑdəs/, /-ɛs/ Hyphenation: god‧dess === Noun === goddess (plural goddesses) (religion) A female deity. (figuratively) An incredibly beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, attractive woman honored and adored for her beauty or of superior charm and intelligence. (figuratively) A woman of substantial authority or influence. ==== Hypernyms ==== (female deity): deity, divinity, god (certain woman): woman ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== heaven