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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin deiformis, calqued from Ancient Greek θεοειδής (theoeidḗs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dejˈfor.me/
- Rhymes: -orme
- Hyphenation: dei‧fór‧me
Adjective
deiforme (plural deiformi)
- (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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