seraphic

[ si-raf-ik ]
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adjective
  1. of, like, or befitting a seraph.

Origin of seraphic

1
From the Medieval Latin word seraphicus, dating back to 1625–35. See seraphim, -ic
  • Often se·raph·i·cal .

Other words from seraphic

  • se·raph·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • se·raph·i·cal·ness, noun
  • non·se·raph·ic, adjective
  • non·se·raph·i·cal, adjective
  • non·se·raph·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • su·per·se·raph·ic, adjective
  • su·per·se·raph·i·cal, adjective
  • su·per·se·raph·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • un·se·raph·ic, adjective
  • un·se·raph·i·cal, adjective
  • un·se·raph·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words Nearby seraphic

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How to use seraphic in a sentence

  • But I'll be hanged if I can see myself baring my breast for poisoned arrows, with a seraphic smile on my lips, over here!

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • Only thirty-seven when he died, his seraphic beauty was never marred by age.

    Great Artists, Vol 1. | Jennie Ellis Keysor
  • Those bright seraphic eyes lighted with heaven-born love, have turned from celestial light to mark my gloomy wanderings.

  • What inspired or seraphic pen, though dipped in heaven, could display all that was seen when they "beheld his glory?"

  • He took the pail to Jakie and he saw the seraphic smile fade from his face and an unpleasant glitter creep into his eyes.

    The Happy Family | Bertha Muzzy Bower

British Dictionary definitions for seraphic

seraphic

seraphical

/ (sɪˈræfɪk) /


adjective
  1. of or resembling a seraph

  2. blissfully serene; rapt

Derived forms of seraphic

  • seraphically, adverb

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