angélique

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plucked bowl lute with two necks and most often sixteen strings, played in the manner of a harp, and popular in Baroque Europe.

Word forms

angélique angéliques angelique

Etymology

Borrowed from French angélique. Doublet of angelic and angelique (“a plant of the genus Angelica”).

Synonyms

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