Angelical

//ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl// adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.

    "O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint wordnet
  2. 2
    having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub wordnet
  3. 3
    of or relating to angels wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Enochian language (believed to be the language of angels).

    "There are no onomatapeioæ^([sic]) in Angelical."

Synonyms

All synonyms
angelicangelicbeatificcherubiccherubicenochian

Example

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"O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!"

Etymology

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

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