cherubic

UK: /tʃeˈruːbɪk/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

cher•ub /ˈtʃɛrəb/   n. [countable] , pl. cher•u•bim /ˈtʃɛrəbɪm, -yʊbɪm/  for 2.; cher•ubs for 4 in Unabridged dictionary.

1. Religion a kind of angel, often represented as a winged child.
2. a person, esp. a child, with a sweet, chubby, innocent face.

che•ru•bic /tʃəˈrubɪk/  adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

cher•ub  (cher′əb), n., pl. cher•ubs for 3, 4; cher•u•bim (cher′ə bim, -yŏŏ bim) for 1, 2.

1. Bible a celestial being. Gen. 3:24;
   Ezek. 1, 10.
2. Religion [Theol.] a member of the second order of angels, often represented as a beautiful rosy-cheeked child with wings.
3. a beautiful or innocent person, esp. a child.
4. a person, esp. a child, with a sweet, chubby, innocent face.

• Hebrew kərūbhīm (plural)
• Greek
• Latin cherūbim
• Hebrew kərūbh; replacing Middle English cherubin, Old English c(h)erubin, cerubim (all singular)
• Greek
• Latin
• Middle English bef. 900

che•ru•bic  (chə ro̅o̅′bik), che•ru′bi•cal, adj.  che•ru′bi•cal•ly, adv. 
cher′ub•like′, adj.