cherubic

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
20
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/t͡ʃɪˈɹuː.bɪk/
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/t͡ʃɪˈɹuː.bɪk/ · /t͡ʃəˈɹuː.bɪk/

Definition of cherubic

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of, or relating to a cherub; angelic.
    “His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.”
    “There wasn't a room that had not been clad, picture-railed, dadoed, panelled, stained, gilded, bordered and generally made over to within an inch of its life - can I interest anyone in a gold cherubic sconce?”
    “the flyaway pale curls and his round, cherubic face”
    “On-screen, the actor Elle Fanning has the cherubic, moon-eyed guilelessness of a storybook princess or an animated woodland creature, the kind that belies a character much more tenacious than she first appears.”
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adj

  1. Of, or relating to a cherub; angelic.
    “His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.”
    “There wasn't a room that had not been clad, picture-railed, dadoed, panelled, stained, gilded, bordered and generally made over to within an inch of its life - can I interest anyone in a gold cherubic sconce?”
    “the flyaway pale curls and his round, cherubic face”
    “On-screen, the actor Elle Fanning has the cherubic, moon-eyed guilelessness of a storybook princess or an animated woodland creature, the kind that belies a character much more tenacious than she first appears.”
  2. Of, or like a baby; infantile

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Etymology

From cherub + -ic.

Anagrams of cherubic

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