angelic

== English == === Alternative forms === angelick (obsolete) === 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”). === Pronunciation === enPR: ăn-jĕlʹ-ĭk, IPA(key): /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk/ Rhymes: -ɛlɪk === Adjective === 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, well-behaved, or beautiful. 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 ==== (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel): angelical, angellike, angelly, heavenly, divine ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Galenic, galenic == Old English == === Adjective === anġelīċ alternative form of enġellīċ == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French angélique, from Latin angelicus. === Adjective === angelic m or n (feminine singular angelică, masculine plural angelici, feminine/neuter plural angelice) angelic ==== Declension ====