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单词 paradisiac
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paradisiacadj.

Brit. /ˌparəˈdɪsɪak/, /ˌparəˈdɪzɪak/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈdɪziˌæk/, /ˌpɛrəˈdɪsiˌæk/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin paradisiacus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin paradisiacus of or relating to heaven (mid 5th cent.), of or relating to the Garden of Eden (6th cent.) < Byzantine Greek παραδεισιακός of paradise < παράδεισος paradise n. + -ιακός , suffix formed from reanalysis of nouns in -ια + suffix -ακός (see -ac suffix). Compare Italian paradisiaco (14th cent. in an isolated attestation, subsequently from the late 19th cent.), French paradisiaque (1553 in Middle French in an isolated attestation, subsequently from 1842). Compare earlier paradisaical adj., paradisian adj., paradised adj., paradisal adj.
= paradisiacal adj.
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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
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 208 This Paradisiac [printed Paradisiat] Shamma, is the..most beautiful place of all Asia.
?1764 J. Bush Hibernia Curiosa 117 This most delightful rural and paradisiac recess.
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. xix. 291 The paradisiac beauty and simplicity of Tropic humanity.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 144 So slipt pleasantly away five years Of Paradisiac dream.
1950 V. Nabokov in New Yorker 15 Apr. 36/3 Like one of those paradisiac personages who comfortably soar..on the vaulted ceiling of a church.
1994 T. Zeldin Intimate Hist. Humanity 91 Trained to enjoy sensual pleasures, spending four months each year in a paradisiac, wild place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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