Angelico

[ an-jel-i-koh; Italian ahn-je-lee-kaw ]

/ ænˈdʒɛl ɪˌkoʊ; Italian ɑnˈdʒɛ li kɔ /

noun

Fra

[frah; Italian frah] /frɑ; Italian frɑ/, Giovanni da Fiesole, 1387–1455, Italian painter.

Related forms

An·gel·i·can

[an-jel-i-kuh n] /ænˈdʒɛl ɪ kən/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for angelico

This is the sort of angel which Angelico da Fiesole conceived and represented, and he only.
A Commonplace Book of Thoughts, Memories, and Fancies.|Anna Jameson
Angelico must often have gone down to Florence and there have seen the work of his great contemporaries in art.
Fra Angelico|Jennie Ellis Keysor
Consider carefully what delights you in any original picture of Angelico's.
The Crown of Wild Olive|John Ruskin
Well has he been named Il Beato e Angelico, whose life was participate with the angels even in this world.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863|Various

But even Angelico had his passionately human side, though it was only the humanness of a nice child.
Renaissance Fancies and Studies|Violet Paget (AKA Vernon Lee)

British Dictionary definitions for angelico

Angelico

/ (Italian anˈdʒɛːliko) /

noun

Fra (fra), original name Guido di Pietro; monastic name Fra Giovanni da Fiesole. ?1400–55, Italian fresco painter and Dominican friar

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