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語源

From 中期英語 angelik, aungillik, aungellike, (also angellich, aungellich > English angelly), from 古期英語 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”).

発音

• enPR: ăn-jĕlʹ-ĭk, IPA: /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪk/
• 韻: -ɛlɪk

形容詞

angelic (comparative more angelic, superlative most angelic)

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.

   Synonyms: angelical, angellike, angelly, divine, heavenly; see also Thesaurus:angelic

   an angelic child

   The choir sang in angelic voices.

   She gave him an angelic smile.

   The baby’s face looked so peaceful and angelic in sleep.

3. (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to angelic acid.

   an angelic ester

4. (topology) 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.

派生語

アナグラム

• Galenic, galenic