Elysianadj.n.
/ɪˈlɪzɪən//ɪˈlɪʒɪən/ A. adj.
1.
a. Of or pertaining to Elysium.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adjective] > of or relating to paradise > Elysian
Elysian1622
asphodel1833
asphodelian1854
1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iv. sig. K The remembrance Of the Elizian ioyes thou might'st haue tasted.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 359 The river of Bliss..Rowls o're Elisian Flours her Amber stream. View more context for this quotation
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi. 25/1 Is that a real Elysian brightness?
1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 149 Vast grasslands..covered in spring with the elysian asphodel.
b. Elysian fields n. = Elysium n. 1, 2; also figurative.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > paradise > Elysium or Elysian field(s)
cityc1384
Elysian fields1579
Elysian1590
Elysium1599
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Nov. 179 I see thee blessed soule, I see, Walk in Elisian fieldes so free.
1641 H. Maisterson Serm. 23 Orchards of delight, surpassing the Elysian fields.
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 June (1965) I. 365 This place..perfectly answers the Description of the Elysian fields.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. i. 54 The Elysian Fields of Memory.
2. figurative. Of the nature of, or resembling, what is in Elysium; beatific, glorious.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [adjective] > of or relating to place of supreme happiness
paradisal1568
paradisian1615
Hesperian1622
paradisaical1623
paradisiac1632
paradisean1647
paradisiacal1649
paradisic1723
paradisical1728
Elysian1750
paradisaic1754
paradisial1776
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 36. ⁋1 We..suffer ourselves..to be transported to elysian regions.
1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos i. vi. 164 Too transcendent vision, When heart meets heart again in dreams Elysian.
1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 290 Nothing can be imagined more..bright and elysian than these figures.
B. n. as = Elysium n.
Obsolete. rare.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > paradise > Elysium or Elysian field(s)
cityc1384
Elysian fields1579
Elysian1590
Elysium1599
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. F Hell and Elisian swarme with ghosts of men.
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. E5v To get a passage to Elisian.
Derivatives
eˈlysianize v. (intransitive) to speak in terms of rapturous or extravagant approbation.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (intransitive)] > greatly or excessively
phrase1808
elysianize1868
1868 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 413 They..fall into a strain of elysianizing.
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