almighty

• allmighty
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From Middle English almyghty, almighty, from Old English ealmihtig, ælmihtiġ (“almighty, all-powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz, equivalent to al- +‎ mighty.

• IPA^(key): /ɔːlˈmaɪti/
• Rhymes: -aɪti

almighty (comparative more almighty, superlative most almighty)

1. (sometimes postpositive) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful
   • Bible (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, 1611, Genesis 17:1: “I am the Almightie God.”

   God almighty

2. (slang) Great; extreme; terrible.

   I heard an almighty crash and ran into the kitchen to see what had happened.

   • 2012 May 21, Tom Fordyce, “England v West Indies: Hosts cruise home in Lord's Test”, in BBC Sport‎:

     When Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen both went cheaply inside the first hour on the fifth day, a further 134 were needed and there was a genuine sense that an almighty upset might just come off.

3. Having very great power, influence, etc.

   The almighty press condemned him without trial.

• (unlimited in might): omnipotent
• all-powerful

• almighty dollar
• almightiful
• almightily
• almightiness
• almightyship

• might
• mighty

almighty (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Extremely; thoroughly.
   • 2007, Richard Laymon, Savage, page 203:

     I stepped into the clear, rushing water. It was almighty cold!

• almighty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• almighty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• almighty at OneLook Dictionary Search