ˈgädə̇s noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English godesse, goddesse, from god + -esse -ess
1. : a female god : a divinity or deity of the female sex
the Hindu assassins used hashish as devotees of the goddess Thuggee — Weston La Barre
the goddess of mercy
2.
a. : a woman who is the object of adoration
like the lover whose imagination makes a goddess of some commonplace young woman — C.E.Montague
b. : something personified as a woman that is honored as a goddess, deified, or held to be of supreme value
that characteristic middle-class goddess … — the English Common Law — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude
3. : a woman of great charms ; especially : a woman of extraordinary physical beauty
4. : a female occupant of the gallery of a theater