angelic

See also: Angelic and angèlic

English

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”).

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.
Synonyms: angelical, angellike, angelly, divine, heavenly; see also Thesaurus:angelic

an angelic child

The choir sang in angelic voices.

She gave him an angelic smile.

The baby’s face looked so peaceful and angelic in sleep.
(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.

belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel

anġelīċ

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