angelic
Belonging to, or proceeding from, angelsBelonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
» She is by no means angelic.
Sie ist ganz gewiss nicht engelhaft.
Meaning
4 sensesBelonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
engelhaft
а́нгельскийángelʹskij
having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
Very sweet-natured, well-behaved, or beautiful.
an angelic child
The choir sang in angelic voices.
Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
an angelic ester
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.
Examples
12 sentencesShe is by no means angelic.
deSie ist ganz gewiss nicht engelhaft.
Don't be fooled by her angelic looks.
ruНе обманывайся её ангельской внешностью.
deLass dich nicht von ihrem engelhaften Aussehen täuschen!
The clouds suddenly darkened the angelic landscape.
His angelic face hid the fiend within.
I wouldn't mind having such angelic patience, either.
ruЯ бы тоже не отказался от такого ангельского терпения.
deIch hätte auch gerne so eine Engelsgeduld.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English angelik, aungillik, aungellike, (also angellich, aungellich > EnglishFrom 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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Forms
more angelic, most angelic| Comparative | more angelic Lesson |
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| Superlative | most angelic Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
15 synonymsAntonyms
10 antonymsWord family
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