This week’s theme
Illustrated words

This week’s words
daedal
involute
xylophilous
seraphic
lentic

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(suh-RAF-ik)

MEANING:

adjective: Like an angel: serene, beautiful, pure, blissful, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin seraphim, from Greek seraphim, from Hebrew seraphim, from saraph (to burn). Earliest documented use: 1632.

USAGE:

“When the spell of immobility resumes, seraphic harmonies give way to a colossal, demonic setting.”
Alexander M. Ross; No Exit; The New Yorker; Aug 22, 2016.

See more usage examples of seraphic in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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