SERAPHIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does seraphic mean? 

• SERAPHIC (adjective)
  The adjective SERAPHIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to an angel of the first order

2. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub

  Familiarity information: SERAPHIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERAPHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to an angel of the first order

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

seraphic; seraphical

Context example:

he imagined a seraphic presence in the room

Pertainym:

seraph (an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child)

Derivation:

seraph (an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub

Synonyms:

angelic; angelical; cherubic; seraphic; sweet

Context example:

a sweet disposition

Similar:

lovable; loveable (having characteristics that attract love or affection)

Derivation:

seraph (an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child)

 Context examples 

There was a beggar in the street, when I went down; and as I turned my head towards the window, thinking of her calm seraphic eyes, he made me start by muttering, as if he were an echo of the morning: Blind! Blind! Blind!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

In their excitement they had unconsciously seized each other by the hand, and stood like two little children in the presence of a marvel, Challenger's cheeks bunched up into a seraphic smile, and Summerlee's sardonic face softening for the moment into wonder and reverence.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)