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
Deiform by nature, they return to the Creator through the interior powers of memory, intelligence, and will.
-- Timothy J. Johnson, "Sermones Dominicales and Minorite Prayer," Franciscans at Prayer , 2007
Origin:
Deiform comes from the Medieval Latin word deiformis , a combination of dei- (meaning "god") and -formis (meaning "having the form of").
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