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deess

UK/deɪˈ(j)ɛs/

deess noun: a goddess.

Noun

deess (plural deesses)

  1. (obsolete) A goddess.
    • He does so much magnifie Nature and her actings in all this material world, as he gives just cause of suspicion that he hath made her a kind of joint deess with God in the affairs thereof.1685, Herbert Croft (bishop), (Please provide the book title or journal name)
    • The Hindus "take the bull by the horns" and boldly make "sítlá" (small-pox) a goddess, an incarnation of Bhawáni, deëss of destruction-reproduction.1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXV, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 256 footnote

Forms of deess

pluraldeesses

Origin of deess

Borrowed from French déesse, feminine of dieu (“god”).

Questions about deess

What does deess mean?
Deess means a goddess.
What part of speech is deess?
Deess is a noun.
How do you pronounce deess?
Deess is pronounced /deɪˈ(j)ɛs/ (UK).
What is the plural of deess?
The plural of deess is deesses.

Words near deess in the dictionary

  1. deescalatory
  2. Deese
  3. Deeses
  4. Deeside
  5. deesis
  6. deess
  7. deesses
  8. deest
  9. deestablishment
  10. deesterification
  11. deesterifications

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