adjective
-
displaying great happiness, calmness, etc
a beatific smile
-
of, conferring, or relating to a state of celestial happiness
Other Word Forms
- beatifically adverb
- nonbeatific adjective
- nonbeatifically adverb
Etymology
Origin of beatific
First recorded in 1630–40; from French, from Late Latin beātificus “making happy,” equivalent to beāt(us) (past participle of beāre “to bless”) + -i- + -ficus; -ate 1, -i-, -fic
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
A tour of Paris, great action sequences, the always endearing Tom Hanks and a literally beatific conclusion.
From Los Angeles Times
She was usually photographed gazing adoringly up at her husband, often while gathering their children around her in a beatific — and patriarchal — tableau.
From Salon
Pope John Paul II, who had ascended to the papacy in 1978, toured the world like a beatific rock star, preaching the gospel of this new sobriety in football stadiums across the country.
From Los Angeles Times
But the beatific, charismatic painter, who developed a rock-star following, was not all that he seemed.
From Los Angeles Times
As Chapman sang and played guitar, she looked satisfied, serene, almost beatific.
From Los Angeles Times
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
