god-fearing
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.59 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative form of God-fearing and of godfearing.
Example Sentences
- "Margie married Bill, a good, God-fearing Christian."
- "The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy."
Etymology
From God + fearing, likely a continuation (in altered form) of earlier Middle English goddfrihti, gode-frigti (“god-fearing”), variants of Middle English godfriht, gode-friht, godfruht, god-furht, from Old English godfyrht, godefriht (“god-fearing”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gudafaurhts, “god-fearing, devout”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: goddfrihti, godfriht, godfyrht