Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

godfearing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: god-fear-ing
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.

adj

Devout; pious; very religious.

Etymology

From god + fearing, likely an alteration of Middle English goddfrihti (“god-fearing”, literally “god-frighty”) and god-friht (“god-fearing”) (whence modern English god-fright), from Old English godfyrht (“god-fearing”). Compare Old High German gotforht (“god-fearing”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: goddfrihti, godfyrht

Inflected Forms

more godfearing (comparative) most godfearing (superlative)

Derived Forms

godfearingly godfearingness

Synonyms

Allah-fearing godly heavenly-minded devout devoutful frum godfearing inward observant pious piteous practicing

Questions

What does godfearing mean?: Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
Where does godfearing come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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