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paradisean, a. rare.|pærəˈdɪsiːən|
[f. med.L. paradīse-us (f. paradīs-us) + -an: cf. cærulean, etc.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of Paradise.
1647J. Hall Poems 73 Spread those boughs, Whereon lifes grapes, those Paradisean cluster growes. 1895Forum (N.Y.) Nov. 351 The paradisean years of a tender and sagacious childhood are passing.
2. Belonging to the genus Paradisea or family Paradiseidæ, which includes the Birds of Paradise.
1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Paradiseus, belonging to Paradise: paradisean. Ornithol. Applied to a certain bird with beautiful plumage.
So paraˈdiseid Ornith., a bird of the family Paradiseidæ, a Bird of Paradise. paraˈdiseine a., of or belonging to the sub-family Paradiseinæ, a sub-family of Paradiseidæ. paraˈdiseoid a., akin to the Birds of Paradise.
1895Ibis 397 One of the most wonderful of the many new discoveries in the Paradiseine family. |