angelic

adj
/ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk/

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”).

  1. derived from ἀγγελικός
  2. derived from angelicus
  3. derived from angélique
  4. inherited from anġelīċ
  5. inherited from angelik

Definitions

  1. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels

    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.

    • an angelic child
    • The choir sang in angelic voices.
    • She gave him an angelic smile.
  3. Of or pertaining to angelic acid.

    • an angelic ester
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. A regular Hausdorff space is said to be angelic if the closure of each relatively…

      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.

    2. A member of the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul, a Roman Catholic religious order.

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