deiforme

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin deiformis, calqued from Ancient Greek θεοειδής (theoeidḗs).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dejˈfor.me/
  • Rhymes: -orme
  • Hyphenation: dei‧fór‧me

Adjective[edit]

deiforme (plural deiformi)

  1. (literary) deiform, godlike
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto II, pages 34–35, lines 19–22:
      La concreata e perpetüa sete ¶ del deïforme regno cen portava ¶ veloci quasi come ’l ciel vedete.
      The con-created and perpetual thirst for the realm deiform did bear us on, as swift almost as ye the heavens behold.

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