Jesusyadj.
/ˈdʒiːzəsi/, U.S. /ˈdʒizəsi/ Of, relating to, or resembling Jesus; having the qualities or characteristics associated with Jesus, esp. compassion, love of others, selflessness, etc. Also depreciative: affectedly or excessively religious.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [adjective]
Dominical1553
Messiacal1614
Messianicc1794
Christly1858
Christic1874
Jesusy1927
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [adjective] > resembling Christ
Christly1538
Christ-like1635
Jesusy1927
1927 D. H. Lawrence Let. 18 Nov. (1962) II. 1023 There's something about him I rather like—something sort of outcast, [a] dog that people throw stones at..who doesn't feel pious and Jesusy on the strength of it.
1987 S. Bellow More die of Heartbreak 309 I saw only my small daughter, Nancy... I identified her as my own—the long head and the Jesusy expression of face.
1999 Toronto Star (Nexis) 14 Mar. I am capable of..presenting myself as a sort of leftist liberation-theology enthusiast and maybe sort of a vaguely Jesusy bon vivant.
2006 Independent 29 Sept. 49/2 Never forget that behind the Jesusy façade lurks a healthy measure of the Jewish God about Mr Blair.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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