EGAVE

agape

About 0.65 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
  2. adjective Wide open.
  3. adverb In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention.
  4. adverb Open wide.
  5. noun The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.
  6. noun Spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love which wills good for others.
  7. 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

and love is in as with at of or

Word family

agapae agapai agapes

Save “agape” to learn later