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demideity

Syllables: de·mi·de·i·tyUK/ˌdɛmiːˈdiː.ɪ.tɪ/US/dɛmiːˈdi.ə.ti/

demideity noun: a partially divine being; a demigod or demigoddess.

Noun

demideity (plural demideities)

  1. A partially divine being; a demigod or demigoddess.
    • The river of which I write, is a stream of considerable beauty, though small pretensions; and is the least known of the two or three Eskes of the British Islands. It has the merit of extreme clearness and purity; and its crystal waters meet the tide as pellucid as when they gushed from the parent...1843, Walter Henry, Events of a Military Life: Being Recollections After Service in the Peninsular War, Invasion of France, the East Indies, St. Helena, Canada, and Elsewhere, Volume 1, W. Pickering...
    • If the remark be confined to that loftiest sort of heroism, moral bravery, which consists in defying the coalesced opinions of mankind, in obedience to the dictates of conscience, that god within the bosom, and in favor of the right cause, the fact is perfectly true. But if the term, courage, is...1856, Alfred W. Arrington, The Rangers and Regulators of the Tanaha, or, Life Among the Lawless: A Tale of the Republic of Texas, R. M. De Witt, page 117

Examples of demideity in a sentence

  • The prowess is of the same specific character with that of the duellist, and often not even superior in degree, which has made the hero and the demideity since the dawn of universal history.1856, Alfred W. Arrington, The Rangers and Regulators of the Tanaha, or, Life Among the Lawless: A Tale of the Republic of Texas, R. M. De...
  • What no Japan(!sc could feel, that rough square man knew, — and he seemed to me a deity, or a demideity, — and I felt like one about to worship West- ern Gods.1911, Elizabeth Bisland, The Japanese Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Scribner's, page 841:

Forms of demideity

pluraldemideities

Origin of demideity

From demi- + deity.

Questions about demideity

What does demideity mean?
Demideity means a partially divine being; a demigod or demigoddess.
How do you use demideity in a sentence?
The prowess is of the same specific character with that of the duellist, and often not even superior in degree, which has made the hero and the demideity since the dawn of universal history.
What part of speech is demideity?
Demideity is a noun.
How do you pronounce demideity?
Demideity is pronounced /ˌdɛmiːˈdiː.ɪ.tɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of demideity?
The plural of demideity is demideities.

Words near demideity in the dictionary

  1. demideified
  2. demideifies
  3. demideify
  4. demideifying
  5. demideities
  6. demideity
  7. demidevil
  8. demidevils
  9. demidistance
  10. demidistances
  11. demidivine

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