angelical

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See also: Angelical

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English aungelicale, from Latin angelicus + -al;^[1] equivalent to angel +‎ -ical.

Adjective[edit]

angelical (comparative more angelical, superlative most angelical)

Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
  O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!
  Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
  Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!
- 1860 January 28 – October 13, Charles Dickens, chapter 20, in The Uncommercial Traveller, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1861, →OCLC:
  She was all angelical gentleness.
- 2005 May 21, Joan Dupont, “The Cannes Festival: The faces of Tommy Lee Jones”, in International Herald Tribune, retrieved 2 Nov. 2008:
  "You wouldn't be speaking badly if you said that there was something angelical about the character of Pete Perkins, but one of those angels with a sword," Jones said.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

resembling, characteristic of, an angel — see angelic

References[edit]

“angelical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

^ “angelical, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠‎^[1], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-09-29.

Anagrams[edit]

Galenical, englacial, galenical

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From angélico +‎ -al.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ʒe.liˈkaw/ [ɐ̃.ʒe.liˈkaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ʒɨ.liˈkal/ [ɐ̃.ʒɨ.liˈkaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ʒɨ.liˈka.li/

Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: an‧ge‧li‧cal

Adjective[edit]

angelical m or f (plural angelicais)

angelic (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel)
Synonym: angélico

Derived terms[edit]

angelicalmente

Spanish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

angelical m or f (masculine and feminine plural angelicales)

angelic (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel)
Synonym: angélico

Derived terms[edit]

angelicalmente

Related terms[edit]

ángel

Further reading[edit]

“angelical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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