angelique

[ an-juh-leek ]

/ ˌæn dʒəˈlik /

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noun

a South American tree, Dicorynia paraensis, of the legume family.

the hard, reddish-brown wood of this tree, used in shipbuilding.

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Origin of angelique

<French: plant of Angelica genus. See angelic

Angélique

[ an-juh-leek; French ahn-zhey-leek ]

/ ˌæn dʒəˈlik; French ɑ̃ ʒeɪˈlik /

noun

a female given name.

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He had several children, among others a daughter named Angelique.
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That was a reasonably safe prophecy in those days, and, though Angelique repeated it to her friends, she did not worry over it.
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By the way, I wonder what I could be expected to do for Angelique?
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Aunt Angelique could hardly identify her nephew who almost rode her down on his white horse.
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Angelique, the aristocratic wife of George Dandin, a French commoner.
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