Divinest

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. The highest degree of excellence or supreme quality in something
2. An unparalleled level of virtue or holiness that signifies the best or most beautiful characteristics
3. The utmost manifestation of beauty or virtue associated with an exceptional state of being or excellence in nature

Etymology: "Divinest" is an inflected form, the superlative of "divine," so the main story belongs to the base word. "Divine" came into English from Old French "divin," which in turn came from Latin "dīvīnus," meaning "of a god." That Latin adjective was built on "divus," meaning "god." English already had its own word for the same idea, Old English "godcund," which meant roughly "godly" or "divine," but the French-derived term pushed it out. The same root reached English by a second route as well. Middle English "devine" and "devin" were taken from Middle French "deviner," which is related to the Latin "dīvīnō," a verb meaning "to foresee or divine by supernatural means." The sense of "divining" a future by prophecy is the older meaning, and it sits behind the modern habit of "divining" an answer by guessing.

Synonyms: most divine, most godlike