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angelic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • ăn-jĕlʹ-ĭk
  • /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk/
  • (UK) audio

Etymology

From Middle English angelik, aungillik, aungellike, (also angellich, aungellich > English angelly), from Old English anġelīċ, engellīċ, englelīċ, coalescing with Old French angélique, from Latin angelicus, from Ancient Greek ἀγγελικός (angelikós, “of or for a messenger”), from ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”). Equivalent to angel + -ic. Doublet of angelique (“plant of the genus Angelica”) and angélique (“plucked bowl lute”).

Meanings

  1. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
  2. Very sweet-natured, well-behaved, or beautiful.
    • She gave him an angelic smile.
    • The choir sang in angelic voices.
    • an angelic child
    • The baby’s face looked so peaceful and angelic in sleep.
  3. Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
    • an angelic ester
  4. A regular Hausdorff space is said to be angelic if the closure of each relatively countably compact set A is compact and the closure consists of the limits of sequences in A.

Forms

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most angelic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more angelic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
angelick alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

unangelic · hellborn · unseraphic · fallen angelic · unangelical · uncherubic · diabolical · disangelical · infernal · nonangelic

Deriveds

angelic non-determinism · fallen angelic · angelically · angelic salutation · angelicness · nonangelic · angelicize · angelate · overangelic · unangelic · superangelic

Hypernyms

good

Hyponyms

archangelic · overangelic · archangelical · superangelic

Relateds

heavenlike · heavenly · divine · saintly

Synonyms

cherubic · divine · angelly · cherublike · angelly · seraphic · angellike · angelic · angelical · heavenly · angelical · angellike · cherubical

Translations (43)

el αγγελικός (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · eo anĝela (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · gd ainglidheach (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · ro angelic (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · sh anđeoski (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · pt angélico (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · fr angélique (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · is englalegur (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · hy հրեշտակային (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · ga ainglí (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · he מַלְאָכִי (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · et ingellik (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · oc angelic (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · ast anxélicu (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · sh анђеоски (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · hu angyali (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · cs andělský (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · pt angelical (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · ru а́нгельский (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · ca angèlic (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · sco aungelic (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · pl anielski (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · es angélico (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · bg а́нгелски (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · ca angelical (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · gd ainglidh (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · pl angeliczny (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · lv eņģelisks (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · gl anxélico (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · kw elek (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · gl anxelical (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · gd aingealach (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · mk ангелски (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · es angelical (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · gd àingleach (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · it angelico (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · de engelhaft (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · ro îngeresc (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · nl engelachtig (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · fi enkelimäinen (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · ast anxelical (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · la angelicus (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) · grc ἀγγελικός (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel)