angelic
adjEtymology
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”).
Definitions
Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels
Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
Very sweet-natured, well-behaved, or beautiful.
- an angelic child
- The choir sang in angelic voices.
- She gave him an angelic smile.
Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
- an angelic ester
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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.
A member of the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul, a Roman Catholic religious order.
The neighborhood
- synonymangelic
- synonymangelical
- synonymangellike
- synonymangelly
- synonymcherubic
- synonymcherubical
- synonymcherublike
- synonymseraphic
- antonymdiabolical
- antonymfallen angelic
- antonymhellborn
- antonyminfernal
- antonymdisangelical
- antonymunangelic
- antonymunangelical
- antonymuncherubic
- antonymunseraphic
- antonymnonangelic
- neighbordivine
- neighborheavenlike
- neighborheavenly
- neighborsaintly
- neighborgood
- neighborarchangelic
- neighborarchangelical
- neighboroverangelic
- neighborsuperangelic
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA