A small or young angel; a cherub or representation of a child angel in art (archaic/decorative usage).
From French 'angelot' or from 'angel' + '-ot' (diminutive suffix common in Romance languages). Appears in Renaissance and medieval art descriptions.
Angelots are those chubby, cherubic baby angels you see in Renaissance paintings—the word itself sounds cute because it IS cute, showing how language mirrors what it describes!
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