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biblically accurate

biblically accurate adjective: having an unsettling or cursed, "unfathomable" appearance, especially one with many eyes and wings.

biblically accurate: having an unsettling or cursed, "unfathomable" appearance, especially one with many eyes and wings
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Adjective

biblically accurate (not comparable)

  1. (Internet, humorous) Having an unsettling or cursed, "unfathomable" appearance, especially one with many eyes and wings.
    • My family doesn't appreciate my biblically accurate angel cookie2019 December 26, @slhawthorn, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 02 Aug 2022
    • biblically accurate engels2022 April 30, queersatanic, quoting @Pxlutopia, Tumblr, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2023
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see biblically, accurate.

Origin of biblically accurate

Likely from Bible verses such as Revelation 4:8 describing certain kinds of heavenly beings as having many eyes and wings; such portrayals are said to be more "accurate" depictions of angels than humanoid depictions. Popularized as an Internet meme around 2019–2020.

Questions about biblically accurate

What does biblically accurate mean?
Biblically accurate means having an unsettling or cursed, "unfathomable" appearance, especially one with many eyes and wings.
What part of speech is biblically accurate?
Biblically accurate is an adjective.

Words near biblically accurate in the dictionary

  1. Biblical Hebrew
  2. Biblical Latin
  3. biblicalities
  4. biblicality
  5. biblically
  6. biblically accurate
  7. biblicism
  8. biblicisms
  9. biblicist
  10. biblicistic
  11. biblicists

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