Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

momentary god

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: mo-men-tary -god
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specific phenomenon, such as a lightning bolt, interpreted and experienced as a deity.

Example Sentences

"Concentrating his attention on the conception of lightning, Usener discovers a transition in the way lightning is conceived: initially experienced as an exclamation in response to a "momentary god"—Zeus originally meant "he who thunders"—[…]"

Etymology

Calque of German Augenblicksgott, coined by Hermann Usener in his Götternamen in 1896.

Inflected Forms

momentary gods (plural)

Questions

What does momentary god mean?: A specific phenomenon, such as a lightning bolt, interpreted and experienced as a deity.
Where does momentary god come from?: Calque of German Augenblicksgott, coined by Hermann Usener in his Götternamen in 1896.

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