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angelical

UK/ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl/

angelical adjective: belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.

Adjective

angelical (comparative more angelical, superlative most angelical)

  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!c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • She was all angelical gentleness.1860 January 28 – October 13, Charles Dickens, chapter 20, in The Uncommercial Traveller, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1861, →OCLC

Proper noun capitalized: Angelical

Angelical

  1. The Enochian language (believed to be the language of angels).
    • There are no onomatapeioæ^([sic]) in Angelical.2009, Geoffrey James, The Enochian Evocation of Dr. John Dee

Synonyms of angelical

Forms of angelical

comparativemore angelical
superlativemost angelical

Origin of angelical

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

Words formed from angelical

Questions about angelical

What does angelical mean?
Angelical means belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
What part of speech is angelical?
Angelical can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce angelical?
Angelical is pronounced /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl/ (UK).

Words near angelical in the dictionary

  1. angelic salutation
  2. angelic salutations
  3. angelica
  4. angelica tree
  5. angelica trees
  6. angelical
  7. angelicality
  8. angelically
  9. angelicalness
  10. angelicas
  11. angelicic acid

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