单词 | angelled |
释义 | angelledangeledadj. Chiefly poetic. 1. That is, or has been rendered, angelic; that has become or been made into an angel. Cf. angelized adj. Now somewhat rare.In quot. 1850 referring euphemistically to death. Cf. angel n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [adjective] > rendered angelled1596 angelified1600 angelized1615 1596 M. Drayton Tragicall Legend Robert Duke of Normandy sig. D5v Eternall sparks of honors purest fire, Vertue of vertues, Angels angeld mind, Where admiration may it selfe admire, Where mans diuinest thoughts are more diuin'd. 1609 F. Greville Trag. Mustapha iii. v. Chorus sig. F So blest be they, so angel'd, so eterniz'd. 1754 Muses Choice 7 No more thy angell'd Beauty shroud, But shine, like Heav'n, without a Cloud. 1850 Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 24 Aug. 268/2 The blanched form of his angel'd sister was lying beneath the roof of that broken home. 1999 London Mag. Feb. 24 Profanations yet there was the angeled Mass-goer side by side with the daimon. 2. Esp. of heaven, the sky, etc.: full of angels; characterized by the presence of angels. ΚΠ 1897 C. Howard in Ladies' Home Jrnl. Apr. 2/1 The trombonists..pouring forth their grand, inspiring anthem, that falls upon the holy stillness of the night as music from the angeled skies. 1919 Youth Feb. 62 All night's mysteries Gathered in the angeled dark Above the roofless room. 1939 G. Jones Poems iii. 29 The angelled air, the sea is edged With fever where black Patmos lies. 1996 W. Barnstone Secret Reader 135 The still sparking brain euphorically invents the angeled plain of heaven. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1596 |
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