Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ANGELICALCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ANGELICAL aungelicale, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ANGELICAL angelicus + -al;^[1] equivalent to angel +‎ -icalCategory:English terms suffixed with -ical#ANGELICAL.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl/Category:English 4-syllable words#ANGELICALCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ANGELICAL

Adjective

angelical (comparative more angelical, superlative most angelical)Category:English lemmas#ANGELICALCategory:English adjectives#ANGELICALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ANGELICALCategory:Pages with entries#ANGELICALCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ANGELICAL

1. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.

   Synonyms: angelic, angellike, angelly; see also Thesaurus:angelic

   • 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 Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

     O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!
     Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
     Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!

     Category:English terms with quotations#ANGELICAL

   • 1860 January 28 – October 13, Charles Dickens, chapter 20, in The Uncommercial Traveller, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1861, →OCLC:

     She was all angelical gentleness.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ANGELICAL

   • 2005 May 21, Joan Dupont, “The Cannes Festival: The faces of Tommy Lee Jones”, in International Herald Tribune, retrieved 2 Nov. 2008:

     "You wouldn't be speaking badly if you said that there was something angelical about the character of Pete Perkins, but one of those angels with a sword," Jones said.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ANGELICAL

References

• “angelical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

Anagrams

• Galenical, englacial, galenical

Etymology

From angélico +‎ -alCategory:Portuguese terms suffixed with -al#ANGELICAL.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -awCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/al#ANGELICALCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/al/4 syllables#ANGELICALCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/aw#ANGELICALCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/aw/4 syllables#ANGELICAL
• Hyphenation: an‧ge‧li‧cal

Adjective

angelical m or f (plural angelicais)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ANGELICALCategory:Portuguese adjectives#ANGELICALCategory:Portuguese epicene adjectives#ANGELICALCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ANGELICALCategory:Pages with entries#ANGELICALCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ANGELICAL

1. angelic (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel)

   Synonym: angélico

Further reading

• “angelical”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “angelical”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anxeliˈkal/ [ãŋ.xe.liˈkal]Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#ANGELICALCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ANGELICAL
• Rhymes: -alCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/al#ANGELICALCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/al/4 syllables#ANGELICAL
• Syllabification: an‧ge‧li‧cal

Adjective

angelical m or f (masculine and feminine plural angelicales)Category:Spanish lemmas#ANGELICALCategory:Spanish adjectives#ANGELICALCategory:Spanish epicene adjectives#ANGELICALCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ANGELICALCategory:Pages with entries#ANGELICALCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ANGELICAL

1. angelic (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel)

   Synonym: angélico

Further reading

• “angelical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025