angelic

See also: Angelic and angèlic

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.

Pronunciation

enPR: ăn-jĕlʹ-ĭk, IPA^(key): /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk/
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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 or well-behaved.
an angelic child
(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

angelicness
angelic non-determinism
angelic salutation

Translations

belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel

Armenian: հրեշտակային (hy) (hreštakayin)
Asturian: anxélicu, anxelical
Catalan: angèlic, angelical
Czech: andělský (cs) m
Dutch: engelachtig (nl)
Esperanto: anĝela
Estonian: ingellik
Finnish: enkelimäinen (fi)
French: angélique (fr)
Galician: anxélico, anxelical
German: engelhaft
Greek: αγγελικός (el) (angelikós)
Ancient: ἀγγελικός (angelikós)
Hebrew: מַלְאָכִי‎ (he) m (mal'achí)
Hungarian: angyali (hu)
Icelandic: englalegur (is)
Irish: ainglí
Italian: angelico (it)
Latin: angelicus
Latvian: eņģelisks
Macedonian: ангелски m (angelski)
Occitan: angelic
Polish: anielski (pl), angeliczny
Portuguese: angélico (pt), angelical (pt)
Romanian: îngeresc (ro), angelic (ro)
Russian: а́нгельский (ru) (ángelʹskij)
Scots: aungelic
Scottish Gaelic: aingealach, àingleach, ainglidh, ainglidheach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: анђеоски
Roman: anđeoski (sh)
Spanish: angélico, angelical

Anagrams

Galenic, galenic

Romanian

Etymology

From French angélique, from Latin angelicus.

Adjective

angelic m or n (feminine singular angelică, masculine plural angelici, feminine and neuter plural angelice)

angelic

Declension

Declension of angelic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	angelic		angelică	angelici	angelice
nominative/ accusative	definite	angelicul		angelica	angelicii	angelicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	angelic		angelice	angelici	angelice
genitive/ dative	definite	angelicului		angelicei	angelicilor	angelicelor