Apotheosis (noun)
ap-oth-e-oh-sis
The highest point in the development of something; a culmination or climax.
Late 16th century via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apotheōsis, from apotheoun ‘make a god of’, from apo ‘from’ + theos ‘god’.
Example sentences
“To listen to him you’d think he’d had some kind of apotheosis and someone had made him God. ”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
