beatific ˌˈbiəˌtɪfɪk adjective
1. resembling or befitting an angel or saint
2. experiencing or displaying extreme joy or bliss
The word beatific has appeared in 17 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on May 19 in “‘The Order,’ ‘The Outrun’ and More Streaming Gems,” a roundup of recent movies. The article, by Jason Bailey, includes the film “Bad Behaviour”:
Jennifer Connelly is marvelous — wryly cynical, righteously indignant, raw and wounded — as Lucy, a former actor attempting to attain something resembling inner peace at a spiritual retreat run by a beatific self-help guru (played with inspired comic emptiness by Ben Whishaw).
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