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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANGEL'IC,
ANGEL'ICA, n. A genus of digynian pentanders, containing several species. The common sort is cultivated for medicinal uses. It grows naturally in northern climates, and has large umbels of a globose figure. The roots have a fragrant aromatic smell, and are used in the aromatic tincture. The stalks make an agreeable sweet-meat.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother" [syn: angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted]
2: of or relating to angels; "angelic messenger" [syn: angelic, angelical]
3: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition" [syn: angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet]

Merriam Webster's

adjective see angel

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 like or relating to angels. 2 having characteristics attributed to angels, esp. sublime beauty or innocence. Derivatives: angelical adj. angelically adv. Etymology: ME f. F angélique or LL angelicus f. Gk aggelikos (as ANGEL)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Angelic An*gel"ic, Angelical An*gel"ic*al, a. [L. angelicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. ang['e]lique.] Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. ``Angelic harps.'' --Thomson.``Angelical actions.'' --Hooker. The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience. --Macaulay. Angelic Hymn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; -- so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14. --Eadie.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Angelic An*gel"ic, a. [From Angelica.] (Chem.) Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether. Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. You can describe someone as angelic if they are, or seem to be, very good, kind, and gentle. ...an angelic face... He looked angelic. ADJ: usu ADJ n [approval] 2. Angelic means like angels or relating to angels. ...angelic choirs. ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a.; (also angelical) Seraphic, cherubic, heavenly, celestial, adorable, transporting, enrapturing, ravishing, rapturous, entrancing, angel.

Moby Thesaurus

Christlike, Christly, God-fearing, admirable, adorable, archangelic, beatified, blameless, canonized, caressable, celestial, charming, cherubic, childlike, clear, cuddlesome, dovelike, faultless, glorified, godlike, godly, godly-minded, good, guiltless, heavenly, holy, holy-minded, honest, in glory, in the clear, incorrupt, innocent, just, kissable, lamblike, likable, lovable, lovely, lovesome, martyred, moral, not guilty, offenseless, otherworldly, prelapsarian, pristine, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, redeemed, reproachless, right-minded, righteous, sainted, saintlike, saintly, sans reproche, saved, seraphic, sinless, spiritual, spiritual-minded, straight, sweet, uncorrupted, undefiled, unearthly, unfallen, unlapsed, untouched by evil, unworldly, upright, virtuous, winning, winsome, with clean hands, without reproach