Deiform

Word of the Day for Tuesday 4^th November 2014

Deiform \DEE-uh-fawrm\

Adjective 1. Godlike or divine in form or nature.

Quotes

Here chiefly, in the aggrandizement of a huge and fearsome animal to deiform proportions, does Melville surpass all other poets of his century in the rejuvenation of myth. -- Newton Arvin, Herman Melville, 1950

Origin

Deiform comes from the Medieval Latin word deiformis, a combination of dei- (meaning "god") and -formis (meaning "having the form of"). Thanks to: www.dictionary.com