angelic
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- angelick (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]angelic (comparative more angelic, superlative most angelic)
- Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
- Very sweet-natured or well-behaved.
- an angelic child
- (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
- an angelic ester
- (topology) 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.
Synonyms
[edit]- (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel): angelical, angellike, angelly, heavenly, divine
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel
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Anagrams
[edit]Old English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]anġelīċ
- Alternative form of enġellīċ
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French angélique, from Latin angelicus.
Adjective
[edit]angelic m or n (feminine singular angelică, masculine plural angelici, feminine and neuter plural angelice)
Declension
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | angelic | angelică | angelici | angelice | |||
definite | angelicul | angelica | angelicii | angelicele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | angelic | angelice | angelici | angelice | |||
definite | angelicului | angelicei | angelicilor | angelicelor |
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