English Explanatory Dictionary

angelic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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.
  3. Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
  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.
noun
  1. A member of the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul, a Roman Catholic religious order.

Pronunciation

ăn-jĕlʹ-ĭk /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk/ en-uk-angelic.ogg

Word forms

angelic more angelic most angelic angelick Angelics

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”).

Synonyms

angelic angelical angellike angelly cherubic cherubical cherublike seraphic divine heavenly

Antonyms

diabolical fallen angelic hellborn infernal disangelical unangelic unangelical uncherubic unseraphic nonangelic

Related words

divine heavenlike heavenly saintly

Derived words

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