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cherubic

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cher⋅ub

  [cher-uhb]
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–noun, plural cher⋅ubs for 3, 4; cher⋅u⋅bim  [cher-uh-bim, -yoo-bim] for 1, 2.
1. a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
2. Theology. a member of the second order of angels, often represented as a beautiful rosy-cheeked child with wings.
3. a beautiful or innocent person, esp. a child.
4. a person, esp. a child, with a sweet, chubby, innocent face.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME < L < Gk < Heb kərūbh; r. ME cherubin, OE c(h)erubin, cerubim (all sing.) < L cherūbim < Gk < Heb kərūbhīm (pl.)

Related forms:
che⋅ru⋅bic  [chuh-roo-bik] , che⋅ru⋅bi⋅cal, adjective
che⋅ru⋅bi⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
cher⋅ub⋅like, adjective
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cher·ub   (chěr'əb)   
n.  

  1. pl. cher·u·bim (chěr'ə-bĭm', -yə-bĭm')

    1. A winged celestial being.

    2. cherubim Christianity The second of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.

    3. A representation of a small angel, portrayed as a child with a chubby rosy face.

    4. A person, especially a child, with an innocent or chubby face.

  2. pl. cher·ubs

    1. A representation of a small angel, portrayed as a child with a chubby rosy face.

    2. A person, especially a child, with an innocent or chubby face.


[Middle English, from Late Latin, from Hebrew kərûb; see krb in Semitic roots.]
che·ru'bic (chə-rōō'bĭk) adj., che·ru'bi·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

cherub 
c.1367, as an order of angels, from L.L. cherub, from Gk. cheroub, from Heb. kerubh (pl. kerubhim), perhaps related to Akkadian karubu "gracious, one who blesses," an epithet of the bull-colossus.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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