agape

Meaning of agape

adjective
  1. (of a person's mouth) wide open in surprise or wonder.
    Downes listened, mouth agape with incredulity

mid 17th century: from a-2 ‘on’ + gape.

noun

Christian love, as distinct from erotic love or simple affection.

early 17th century: from Greek agapē ‘brotherly love’.

Information about agape

Hyphenation of agape

agape

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • agape is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

agape synonyms

Meaning gaping:

gaping

Anagrams of agape

apage

Words that rhyme with agape

gape, Agape, subgape, upgape

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