overangelic

adj

Etymology

From over- + angelic.

  1. derived from ἀγγελικός
  2. derived from angelicus
  3. derived from angélique
  4. inherited from anġelīċ
  5. inherited from angelik
  6. prefixed as overangelic — “over + angelic

Definitions

  1. Excessively angelic.

    • It would be years sometimes ere he saw the face of a female, and when he did, that face would not be overangelic. Anything of female attire in the camp was treasured as a jewel to be exhibited on special occasions.
    • They dreamed of no guile, but merely saw in him, whether frequenting camp or town, the same not overangelic comrade whom they valued and could not wholly understand.
    • Nothing of this erotic brutality remains in the “remake” in Eastman Color made in 1955 by Christian Jaque, with his wife, the overangelic Martine Carol.

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