godiva

1. 1.

   according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080)

   SynonymsLady Godiva

   BroaderLady

Other forms of godiva

plural

godivas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about godiva

What does godiva mean?

godiva means "according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080)".

How many syllables are in godiva?

godiva has 3 syllables: go-di-va. The stress falls on "di". In IPA it is /ɡəˈdaɪvə/.

What is another word for godiva?

Close synonyms include Lady Godiva. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is godiva a common word?

godiva is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.