saintlike
World English Dictionary
saint (seɪnt, (unstressed) sənt)
 
—n
1.  a person who after death is formally recognized by a Christian Church, esp the Roman Catholic Church, as having attained, through holy deeds or behaviour, a specially exalted place in heaven and the right to veneration
2.  a person of exceptional holiness or goodness
3.  (plural) Bible the collective body of those who are righteous in God's sight
 
—vb
4.  (tr) to canonize; recognize formally as a saint
 
[C12: from Old French, from Latin sanctus holy, from sancīre to hallow]
 
'saintdom
 
—n
 
'saintless
 
—adj
 
'saintlike
 
—adj

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Saintlike is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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saintlike

adjective
marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother" [syn: angelic] 
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