biblically accurate
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Adjective edit
biblically accurate (not comparable)
- (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:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see biblically, accurate.
Translations edit
having many eyes and/or being an unfathomable being
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