Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as cherubic.

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  • adjective cherubic

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Examples

  • Hydrophilos, having girded his sable cappa magna as high as to his cherubical loins, at solemn compline sat in his sate of wis-dom, that handbathtub, whereverafter, recreated doctor insularis of the universal church, keeper of the door of meditation, memory extempore proposing and intellect formally considering, recluse, he meditated continuously with seraphic ardour the primal sacra-ment of baptism or the regeneration of all man by affusion of water.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • All the same, the Professor, in spite of his cherubical looks, could make himself extremely disagreeable, and undoubtedly would do so if thwarted.

    The Green Mummy Fergus Hume 1895

  • One morning that cherubical creature opened its eyes at a much earlier hour than usual, and stared at the ceiling of its father's cottage.

    Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines 1859

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