gods
/ɡɑdz/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.40 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The highest platform, or upper circle, in an auditorium.
noun
The quadrats used by printers in throwing on the imposing stone, similar to the movement in casting dice.
Example Sentences
- "“My lord, it is past the third hour, and you were to meet Master Colombo on the training ground—” “Gods, yes! I almost forgot,” Jamie exclaimed, and jumped up from the bench he’d been sitting on."
- "She had nothing better to do than bait him. But gods, she was so beautiful—and completely his."
- "Gods, Jonah. You scared me."
- "To redreſſe which default (the poore in all places beeing in penurie) I haue vndertaken to be their Solicitour, vnto all manner of perſons, which ought in equitie either to ſupply them, or to prouide that ſuch as make default (being well able) may bee compelled thereunto by further authoritie front the Almightie, if this gentle motion in the words precedent will not preuaile, which heere I will repeate and explane vnto them, (by Gods aſſiſtance)"
- "VVherein I doubt not by Gods help, but to make clear to the judgment of any man, that it is not either uncapable through ignorance, or fore-poſſeſſed with prejudice, theſe three things."
- "Let us not leave our fellowship, and estrange our selves from Gods people[…]To be discommoned a Town, or for a Citizen to be banished a city, is a great evill: But to be an exile from Gods city, and discommoned from the communion of Saints, this is lamentable indeed."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡɑdz/
- British English: /ɡɒdz/