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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Don't be fooled by her angelic looks.
ruНе обманывайся её ангельской внешностью. — odexed
deLass dich nicht von ihrem engelhaften Aussehen täuschen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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. — paul_lingvo
deIch hätte auch gerne so eine Engelsgeduld. — pne
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
16 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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