Biblical

[bib-li-kuhl] Example Sentences Origin

Bib·li·cal

[bib-li-kuhl]
adjective
1.
of or in the Bible: a Biblical name.
2.
in accord with the Bible.
3.
evocative of or suggesting the Bible or Biblical times, especially in size or extent: disaster on a Biblical scale; a Biblical landscape.
Also, bib·li·cal.


Origin:
1780–90; < Medieval Latin biblic(us) (bibl(ia) Bible + -icus -ic) + -al1

Bib·li·cal·ly, bib·li·cal·ly, adverb
an·ti-Bib·li·cal, adjective
an·ti-Bib·li·cal·ly, adverb
non-Bib·li·cal, adjective
non-Bib·li·cal·ly, adverb
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post-Bib·li·cal, adjective
pro-Bib·li·cal, adjective
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Biblical is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example Sentences
  • He has recently turned his research approach to biblical mysteries.
  • No one forgets a legendary drought or dust storms of biblical proportion.
  • Absent a catastrophe of biblical proportions, you'll come up with a pretty good prediction.
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World English Dictionary
biblical (ˈbɪblɪkəl)
 
adj
1.  of, occurring in, or referring to the Bible
2.  resembling the Bible in written style
 
'biblically
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

biblical
1790, from Bible + -ical.
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