seraphic
/səˈɹæf.ɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "the Seraphic Doctor"
- "Who forthwith from the glittering Staff unfurld / Th’ imperial Enſign, which full high advanc’t / Shon like a Meteor ſtreaming to the Wind / With Gemms and Golden luſtre rich imblaz’d, / Seraphic arms and Trophies : all the while / Sonorous metal blowing Martial ſounds[…]"
- "Ye Hoſts that to his Courts belong, / Cherubic Quires, Seraphic Flames, / Awake the everlaſting Song."
- "a seraphic smile"
- "A thousand times he was like to have denyed all, but durst not defame the most sacred Idol of his Soul: Sometimes he thought his Uncle would be generous, and think it fit to give him Silvia; but that Thought was too Seraphick to remain a Moment in his Heart."
- "Their passion seems to have been of the seraphic kind. She devoted herself to religion, and persuaded him to do the same."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin seraphicus, from Late Latin seraphīm, seraphīn, from Hebrew שָׂרָף (saráf, “seraph”). By surface analysis, seraph + -ic.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: seraphicus, seraphīm, שָׂרָף
Inflected Forms
more seraphic (comparative)
most seraphic (superlative)
seraphical (alternative, archaic)
seraphicall (alternative, obsolete)