biblically accurate

English

Biblically accurate angel

Etymology

Likely from Bible verses such as Revelation 4:8 describing angels as having many eyes and wings; such depictions are said to be more "accurate" than humanoid ones. Popularized around 2019-2020.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

biblically accurate (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, humorous) Having an unsettling or cursed, "unfathomable" appearance, especially one with many eyes and wings.

   Hyponym: multiocular

   • 2019 December 26, Sarah L. Hawthorn (@slhawthorn), Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 2022-08-02:

     My family doesn't appreciate my biblically accurate angel cookie [Picture of a cookie covered in cartoony eyes made of frosting]

   • 2022 April 30, @queersatanic, quoting pixel 🖤 (@Pxlutopia), Tumblr‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-09-30:

     biblically accurate engels [Picture of Friedrich Engels with four extra eyes edited onto his forehead]

   • 2023 September 30, ℭ𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔩 🪐✨. . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆ (@earth222carol), “Archived copy”, in Twitter‎^[3], archived from the original on 30 September 2023:

     borzóis^[sic] are biblically accurate dogs

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see biblically,‎ accurate.

Translations

having many eyes and/or being an unfathomable being

• Russian: библе́йски то́чный m (bibléjski tóčnyj)

See also

• Lovecraftian