hagiographic
/ˈhæɡioʊˌɡɹæfɪk/adjective
hagiographic is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to hagiography” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-A-G-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C, and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does hagiographic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to hagiography.
- 2
Uncritically reverent; adulating.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce hagiographic?
- /ˈhæɡioʊˌɡɹæfɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hagiographic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hagiographic
- more hagiographic comparative
- most hagiographic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hagiographic?
Hagiographic appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hagiographic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to hagiography:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hagiographique |
| German | hagiografisch |
| Portuguese | hagiográfico |
| Spanish | hagiográfico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hagiographic come from?
From hagiography + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).