Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GOD'DESS
GOD'DESS, n.
- A female deity; a heathen deity of the female sex. When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty. Addison.
- In the language of love, a woman of superior charms or excellence.
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