angelic
Adjective Satellite
- marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
- "angelic beneficence"
- having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
- "an angelic smile"
Adjective
- Relating to or resembling an angel; exceptionally beautiful or good.
- of or relating to angels
- "angelic messenger"
Adj
- Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
- Very sweet-natured, well-behaved, or beautiful.
- Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
- 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
- an angelic child
- an angelic ester
- Her score after playing Jukeboxes was simply ANGELIC.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
angelical, beatific, cherubic, sainted, saintlike, saintly, seraphic, sweet, angellike, angelly, divine, heavenly
Scrabble Score: 10
angelic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordangelic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
angelic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary