| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | be·a·tif·ic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b   -t f k |
| ADJECTIVE: | Showing or producing exalted joy or blessedness: a beatific smile. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin be tificus : betus, happy (from past participle of bere, to bless; see deu-2 in Appendix I) + -ficus, -fic. | | OTHER FORMS: | bea·tifi·cal·ly —ADVERB
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