Meaning of ELYSIAN
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- [adj] of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance"
- [adj] resembling paradise; causing happiness; "elysian peace"; "a paradisal place without work or struggle"; "paradisial isles"; "an age of paradisiacal happiness"
- [adj] relating to the Elysian Fields
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \E*ly"sian\, a. [L. Elysius, fr. Elysium.]
Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence,
yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful;
beatific. ``Elysian shades.'' --Massinger. ``Elysian age.''
--Beattie.
This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life
elysian. --Longfellow.
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| | Related Terms: | | beatific, beatified, blessed, blissful, celestial, divine, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, extramundane, extraterrestrial, from on high, glorified, heavenly, in glory, Olympian, otherworldly, paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisial, paradisian, paradisic, saintly, sublime, supernal, transcendental, transmundane, unearthly, unworldly |
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