seraphn.¹

Brit.

/ˈsɛrəf/, U.S.

/ˈsɛrəf/

Etymology: Back-formation from the plural seraphim n., seraphin n. (on the analogy of cherubim, -in and cherub). (Perhaps first used by Milton.) Compare German seraph, in modern use perhaps < English, though Luther had in one passage used seraph (as a plural). Certain mediæval commentators on Pseudo-Dionysius, followed by many glossaries down to the Ortus Vocabulorum (1518), give seraph (genitive seraphis) as the singular corresponding to the plural seraphin; but the form appears to have had no actual currency in medieval Latin.

a. One of the seraphim n.

ΘΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > order of > seraphim > seraph

seraphim1579

seraph1667

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 667 Brightest Seraph tell In which of all these shining Orbes hath Man His fixed seat.

1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 245 God..who sees Darkness even in the Angels of Light, and charges the loftiest Seraph with Folly!

a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 184 The Seraphs who of all love Godhead most Had near the Throne the honourable Post.

1786 S. T. Coleridge Genevieve 4 Sweet your voice, as Seraph's song.

1816 Ld. Byron Stanzas to Augusta iv Oh! blest be thine unbroken light, That watch'd me as a seraph's eye.

1842 Ld. Tennyson St. Simeon Stylites in Poems (new ed.) II. 61 That Pontius and Iscariot by my side Show'd like fair seraphs.

b. figurative. A seraphic person, an ‘angel’.

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun]

darlingc888

the apple of a person's eyeeOE

lief971

light of one's eye(s)OE

lovedOE

my lifelOE

lovec1225

druta1240

chere1297

sweetc1330

popelotc1390

likinga1393

oninga1400

onlepya1400

belovedc1430

well-beloved1447

heart-rootc1460

deara1500

delicate1531

belove1534

leefkyn1540

one and only1551

fondling1580

dearing1601

precious1602

loveling1606

dotey1663

lovee1753

passion1783

mavourneen1800

dote1809

treasure1844

seraph1853

sloe1884

darlint1888

asthore1894

darl1930

society > morality > virtue > [noun] > virtuous or morally excellent person

angel1477

moralist1606

virtuosa1652

saint1852

seraph1853

plaster saint1890

good guy1928

1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxi. 102 I knew another of these seraphs..she was [etc.].

2. Geology. A fossil shell. Cf. seraphim n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [noun] > types of

astroite1610

belemnite1646

mussel-stone1660

scallop-stone1668

trochite1676

conchite1677

ophiomorphite1677

pectinite1677

worm-stone1677

musculite1681

serpent-stone1681

sugar-plum1681

glossopetraa1684

ague shell1708

forket1708

mytilite1727

grit1748

phytolithus1761

fairy beads1767

fairy fingers1780

fairy arrow1794

gryphite1794

ram's horn1797

hysterolite1799

tubulite1799

thunder-pick1801

celleporite1808

ceraunite1814

seraph1822

serpulite1828

coprolite1829

subfossil1831

pencil1843

trigonellite1845

buccinite1852

rudist1855

guide fossil1867

witch's cradle1867

coccolith1868

fairy cheeses1869

discolith1871

Portland screw1871

spiniferite1872

cyatholith1875

cryptozoon1883

sabellite1889

palaeospecies1895

homoeomorph1898

rudistid1900

megafossil1932

scolecodont1933

macrofossil1937

hystrichosphere1955

palynomorph1961

acritarch1963

molecular fossil1965

mitrate1967

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell > fossil

whirly-rock1681

cochlite1698

tubulite1799

seraph1822

1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 153 Seraphs, a convoluted, elongated, univalved shell.

1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 106 (heading) Seraphs.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (sometimes quasi-adj. = seraphic).

seraph-arrival n.

1876 G. M. Hopkins Wreck of Deutschland xxiii, in Poems (1967) 59 With the gnarls of the nails in thee,..his Lovescape crucified And seal of his seraph-arrival.

seraph-band n.

1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 238 The beauteous, seraph Sister-band.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vi, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 42 This seraph-band, each wav'd his hand.

seraph-bard n.

1729 R. Savage Wanderer v. 379 Then, as yon Seraph-Bard fram'd Hearts below, Each sees him here transcendant Knowledge show.

seraph-cloud n.

1928 E. Blunden Japanese Garland 30 Their mysteries luring that young seraph-cloud Swan-like between the mountain and the moon.

seraph fire n.

1803 R. Heber Palestine 7 One faint spark of Milton's seraph fire.

seraph-man n.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vi, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 42 A man all light, a seraph-man, On every corse there stood.

seraph note n.

a1815 J. Bowdler Sel Pieces (1816) I. 55 Israel's Shepherds heard amazed The Seraph notes of peace and love.

seraph-sense n.

1928 E. Blunden Retreat 65 Her touch is seraph sense.

seraph song n.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. xii. 302 Or liker the first sound of seraph song And Angel hail.

seraph way n.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I lxxxv. 45 For he would learn the rudiments of love, I mean the seraph way of those above.

seraph-wing n.

1757 T. Gray Ode I iii. ii, in Odes 10 He, that rode sublime Upon the seraph-wings of Extasy.

seraph-bright adj.

1949 E. Blunden After Bombing 49 Marbles, mosaics, carvings, seraph-bright Paintings of wall and window.

seraph-haunted adj.

1958 G. Barker Two Plays 52 Lie dreaming on that seraph-haunted shore.

seraph-sent adj.

1932 E. Blunden Face of Eng. 126 They sparkled free In seraph-sent lucidity.

seraph-winged adj.

1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 23 A seraph-winged Victory.

C2.

seraph-tide n. Anglo-Irish Michaelmas.

ΚΠ

1800 M. Edgeworth White Pigeon in Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) V. 43 You promised to make me a compliment of it, last Seraphtide was twelve-month.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	seraph
释义	seraphn.¹ Brit. /ˈsɛrəf/, U.S. /ˈsɛrəf/ Etymology: Back-formation from the plural seraphim n., seraphin n. (on the analogy of cherubim, -in and cherub). (Perhaps first used by Milton.) Compare German seraph, in modern use perhaps < English, though Luther had in one passage used seraph (as a plural). Certain mediæval commentators on Pseudo-Dionysius, followed by many glossaries down to the Ortus Vocabulorum (1518), give seraph (genitive seraphis) as the singular corresponding to the plural seraphin; but the form appears to have had no actual currency in medieval Latin. 1. a. One of the seraphim n. ΘΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > order of > seraphim > seraph seraphim1579 seraph1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 667 Brightest Seraph tell In which of all these shining Orbes hath Man His fixed seat. View more context for this quotation 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 245 God..who sees Darkness even in the Angels of Light, and charges the loftiest Seraph with Folly! a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 184 The Seraphs who of all love Godhead most Had near the Throne the honourable Post. 1786 S. T. Coleridge Genevieve 4 Sweet your voice, as Seraph's song. 1816 Ld. Byron Stanzas to Augusta iv Oh! blest be thine unbroken light, That watch'd me as a seraph's eye. 1842 Ld. Tennyson St. Simeon Stylites in Poems (new ed.) II. 61 That Pontius and Iscariot by my side Show'd like fair seraphs. b. figurative. A seraphic person, an ‘angel’. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] darlingc888 the apple of a person's eyeeOE lief971 light of one's eye(s)OE lovedOE my lifelOE lovec1225 druta1240 chere1297 sweetc1330 popelotc1390 likinga1393 oninga1400 onlepya1400 belovedc1430 well-beloved1447 heart-rootc1460 deara1500 delicate1531 belove1534 leefkyn1540 one and only1551 fondling1580 dearing1601 precious1602 loveling1606 dotey1663 lovee1753 passion1783 mavourneen1800 dote1809 treasure1844 seraph1853 sloe1884 darlint1888 asthore1894 darl1930 society > morality > virtue > [noun] > virtuous or morally excellent person angel1477 moralist1606 virtuosa1652 saint1852 seraph1853 plaster saint1890 good guy1928 1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxi. 102 I knew another of these seraphs..she was [etc.]. 2. Geology. A fossil shell. Cf. seraphim n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [noun] > types of astroite1610 belemnite1646 mussel-stone1660 scallop-stone1668 trochite1676 conchite1677 ophiomorphite1677 pectinite1677 worm-stone1677 musculite1681 serpent-stone1681 sugar-plum1681 glossopetraa1684 ague shell1708 forket1708 mytilite1727 grit1748 phytolithus1761 fairy beads1767 fairy fingers1780 fairy arrow1794 gryphite1794 ram's horn1797 hysterolite1799 tubulite1799 thunder-pick1801 celleporite1808 ceraunite1814 seraph1822 serpulite1828 coprolite1829 subfossil1831 pencil1843 trigonellite1845 buccinite1852 rudist1855 guide fossil1867 witch's cradle1867 coccolith1868 fairy cheeses1869 discolith1871 Portland screw1871 spiniferite1872 cyatholith1875 cryptozoon1883 sabellite1889 palaeospecies1895 homoeomorph1898 rudistid1900 megafossil1932 scolecodont1933 macrofossil1937 hystrichosphere1955 palynomorph1961 acritarch1963 molecular fossil1965 mitrate1967 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell > fossil whirly-rock1681 cochlite1698 tubulite1799 seraph1822 1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 153 Seraphs, a convoluted, elongated, univalved shell. 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 106 (heading) Seraphs. Compounds C1. General attributive (sometimes quasi-adj. = seraphic). a. seraph-arrival n. Π 1876 G. M. Hopkins Wreck of Deutschland xxiii, in Poems (1967) 59 With the gnarls of the nails in thee,..his Lovescape crucified And seal of his seraph-arrival. seraph-band n. Π 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 238 The beauteous, seraph Sister-band. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vi, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 42 This seraph-band, each wav'd his hand. seraph-bard n. Π 1729 R. Savage Wanderer v. 379 Then, as yon Seraph-Bard fram'd Hearts below, Each sees him here transcendant Knowledge show. seraph-cloud n. Π 1928 E. Blunden Japanese Garland 30 Their mysteries luring that young seraph-cloud Swan-like between the mountain and the moon. seraph fire n. Π 1803 R. Heber Palestine 7 One faint spark of Milton's seraph fire. seraph-man n. Π 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vi, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 42 A man all light, a seraph-man, On every corse there stood. seraph note n. Π a1815 J. Bowdler Sel Pieces (1816) I. 55 Israel's Shepherds heard amazed The Seraph notes of peace and love. seraph-sense n. Π 1928 E. Blunden Retreat 65 Her touch is seraph sense. seraph song n. Π 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. xii. 302 Or liker the first sound of seraph song And Angel hail. seraph way n. Π 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I lxxxv. 45 For he would learn the rudiments of love, I mean the seraph way of those above. seraph-wing n. Π 1757 T. Gray Ode I iii. ii, in Odes 10 He, that rode sublime Upon the seraph-wings of Extasy. b. seraph-bright adj. Π 1949 E. Blunden After Bombing 49 Marbles, mosaics, carvings, seraph-bright Paintings of wall and window. seraph-haunted adj. Π 1958 G. Barker Two Plays 52 Lie dreaming on that seraph-haunted shore. seraph-sent adj. Π 1932 E. Blunden Face of Eng. 126 They sparkled free In seraph-sent lucidity. seraph-winged adj. Π 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 23 A seraph-winged Victory. C2. seraph-tide n. Anglo-Irish Michaelmas. ΚΠ 1800 M. Edgeworth White Pigeon in Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) V. 43 You promised to make me a compliment of it, last Seraphtide was twelve-month. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). seraphn.² Etymology: < French †seraph, corruptly < Turkish sharīf : see shereef n. Compare Italian †saraffo.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈseraph. Obsolete. A Turkish gold coin; a sequin. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Turkish coins zecchino1572 serapha1576 manghir1585 chequina1587 asper1587 sultane1612 sultanina1613 sultanya1613 sherifi1615 piastre1617 sequin1617 sultana1656 sultaness1661 para1687 medjidie1855 kurus1882 metalik1895 a1576 R. Eden in R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies (1577) f. 364 Three thousande Saraphes of golde. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xiv. 99 I will give thee my Codpiece,..there are six hundred Seraphs in it, and some fine Diamonds. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Seraph, a Turkish coyn of fine gold, worth about a French crown. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹1667n.²a1576
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