seraphic

adjective

se·​raph·​ic sə-ˈra-fik How to pronounce seraphic (audio)
1
: of or relating to seraphim
… the immortal / Choir of Heaven's seraphic host.Luther C. Riggs
2
: suggestive of or resembling a seraphim or angel : angelic
a seraphic smile/voice
seraphic beauty
"You believe it all, I suppose?" she asked with seraphic gravity.Edith Wharton
As I stepped out of the Ataturk airport in the euphoria of homecoming, I noticed a tombstone-like tablet. It was bathed in a seraphic light …Busra Eskara
seraphically adverb

Examples of seraphic in a Sentence

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Also there, seraphic and silent, was Melania Trump, her emotions and her cogitations eluding our mortal grasp. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024 Groff was marking time by slowly twirling, again and again, with a seraphic smile. Ben Brantley, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2022 Seated by the window of her New York apartment, Gomez appears via video call in a red flannel button-up shirt and gold hoops, which sharpen the edges of her soft, seraphic profile. Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin seraphicus, from Late Latin seraphim seraphim + -icus -ic entry 1

First Known Use

1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of seraphic was in 1536

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“Seraphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seraphic. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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