IDOL
\ˈa͡ɪdə͡l], \ˈaɪdəl], \ˈaɪ_d_əl]\
Definitions of IDOL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
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a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"
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someone who is adored blindly and excessively
By Princeton University
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an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
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a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"
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someone who is adored blindly and excessively
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god.
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That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.
By Oddity Software
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An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god.
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That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Greek] An image or representation of any thing;—an image made as an object of worship;—a person loved or honoured extremely—hence, that on which the affections are strongly, excessively, and improperly set;—a deceitful image; a phantom.