almighty

almighty
almighty (adj.) O.E. ælmihtig "all-powerful," also a by-name of God; compound of æl (see ALL (Cf. all)) + mihtig (see MIGHTY (Cf. mighty)); common Germanic (Cf. O.S. alomahtig, O.H.G. alamahtic, Ger. allmächtig, O.N. almattigr), perhaps an early Germanic loan-translation of L. omnipotens (see OMNIPOTENT (Cf. omnipotent)).
The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land." [Washington Irving, 1836]
Related: Almightily.

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