angelic

English

/ænˈdʒɛlɪk/

adj
Definitions
  • Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
  • Very sweet-natured or well-behaved.
  • (chemistry) Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
  • (topology) A regular 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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English angelik inherited from Old English anġelīċ derived from Old French angélique derived from Latin angelicus derived from Ancient Greek ἀγγελικός (of for a messenger) suffix from English angel.

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