godkin

G2O1D2K5I1N1

noun

A little god; a minor or inferior deity; godling.

OriginDutch godeken →
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Meanings

noungodkin (plural godkins)

plural godkins · alternative obsolete goddikin

  1. rareA little god; a minor or inferior deity; godling.

    […] whereas Indra, impotent as he is, hymnless as he is, — save in the oldest portions of the work, — still leads the gods, now godkins, of the ancient pantheon, […]

    1895, Edward Washburn Hopkins, The Religions of India, volume 25, page 377

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
godling

Origin

  1. Dutchgodeken“godkin”
  2. Englishgodkin

From god + -kin, perhaps also from Dutch godeken (“godkin”).

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