deiforme

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dei̯ˈfor.me/
• Hyphenation: dei‧fór‧me

Adjective

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.

Anagrams

• fideremo