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demigod
UK /ˈdɛmiɡɒd/ US /ˈdɛmiɡɑd/
noun 2name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
cunning, new
VERB + DEMIGOD
dubbed, snake
DEMIGOD + NOUN
ball
PREP.
with
ADV.
already
Definitions
noun
1
A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
2
Someone held up for reverence as a supreme example.
"Ah! he is one of your idols, I suppose," said Lord Norbourne, with a slight approach to a sneer. "Youth is prone to admire; but it is odd how, in a few years, we discover the defects of our demigods...
He finds, not “demigods” but “ a combative group of exhausted, drunken, broken, petty, partisan, scheming, squabbling, bloviating, sensory-deprived, underoxygenated, fed-up, talked-out, overheated delegates so distraught they threatened violence, secession.
name
1
The ice hockey player Ivan Demidov, when portrayed as a hero.
The 19-year-old right-winger — already dubbed Demigod — was set to play his first game with the Canadiens and the buzz in the city was off the charts.
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"Ah! he is one of your idols, I suppose," said Lord Norbourne, with a slight approach to a sneer. "Youth is prone to admire; but it is odd how, in a few years, we discover the defects of our demigods.
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He finds, not “demigods” but “ a combative group of exhausted, drunken, broken, petty, partisan, scheming, squabbling, bloviating, sensory-deprived, underoxygenated, fed-up, talked-out, overheated del
Wiktionary03
The 19-year-old right-winger — already dubbed Demigod — was set to play his first game with the Canadiens and the buzz in the city was off the charts.
Wiktionary04
Elvis Costello is a demigod of new wave music.
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Maradona was a demigod. With the ball, he was a god. Without the ball, he was human.
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He said he was a demigod.
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