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Angelic

//ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
2
Very sweet-natured, well-behaved, or beautiful.
"an angelic child"
3
Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
"an angelic ester"
4
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.

Adjective

1
marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint wordnet
2
having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub wordnet
3
of or relating to angels wordnet

Noun

1
A member of the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul, a Roman Catholic religious order.

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”).

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