godsend
/ˈɡɑdˌsɛnd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.78 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An instance of unexpected benefit or good fortune; a windfall.
noun
A person who provides greatly needed assistance.
Example Sentences
- ""You do, indeed, seem to take it to heart!" exclaimed the actress, an expression of jealous anger crossing her features; "why, it is quite a God-send for you! many a heart is caught in the rebound.[…]""
- "[O]nce again, as in 1803, we were on the brink of being sacrificed to the very lunacies of retrenchment. By a mere god-send, more troops happened to arrive from the Indian continent."
- "By this time my wife was in Barcelona and used to send me tea, chocolate, and even cigars when such things were procurable; but even in Barcelona everything was running short, especially tobacco. The tea was a godsend, though we had no milk and seldom any sugar."
- "To the onlooker, and particularly to those whose memories go back to pre-grouping days, the modern cavalcade of "V2s" and "B1s" is apt to become a little monotonous; but to any running man the general utility characteristics of these two classes are a perfect godsend at times of exceptional pressure, when it is often a case of "first in—first out" with locomotive allocations at sheds."
- "Its seldom sic [such] rich Godsends come on our coast—no since the Jenny and James came ashore in King Charlie's time."
- "But Biddy knew what's what, and she knew that Jack was the man for a woman who wished to be comfortable and happy; for, to say nothing of the fish, Jack had the supplying of half the gentlemen's houses of the country with the Godsends that came into the bay."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ǵʰew-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɑdˌsɛnd/
- British English: /ˈɡɒdsɛnd/