Despite their poverty, the boy received an education, during which he learned to sing, his voice being described as that of "a little angel" (angelot). From Wordnik.com. [A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries] Reference
The word appears as angelot in Phillips's "English Dictionary" (1678), and is used in Browning's "Sordello," as a. From Wordnik.com. [The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul 1660]
The word appears as angelot in Phillips's "English. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
Contact: angelot. From Wordnik.com. [Petites annonces gratuites] Reference
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