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deific

/diːˈɪf.ɪk/adjective

deific is an adjective meaning “divine; of or relating to a deity or deities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-I-F-I-C, and it appears about once in every 91 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does deific mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    divine; of or relating to a deity or deities.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce deific?

  • /diːˈɪf.ɪk/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of deific

  • more deific comparative
  • most deific superlative
  • deifical

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is deific?

Deific appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does deific come from?

From Middle French déifique, from Latin deificus, from deus (“god”) + facio (“to make”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).