agape
About 0.65 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
- adjective Wide open.
- adverb In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention.
- adverb Open wide.
- noun The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.
- noun Spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love which wills good for others.
- noun A love feast, especially one held in the early Christian Church in connection with the Eucharist.
Similar words
gaping open love feast opened amazed yawning agap gape-mouthed open-mouthed gapemouthed
Often followed by
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Word family
agapae agapai agapes
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