单词 | paradisical |
释义 | paradisicaladj. = paradisiacal adj. ΘΚΠ 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 1649 J. Ellistone tr. J. Böhme Epist. i. xvii. 6 That same Image which dyed in Adam..being the true Paradisicall [Ger. paradeisische] Image. 1660 L. Clarkson (title) A paradisical dialogue betwixt faith and reason. 1728 R. North Mem. Musick (1846) 78 In the reigne of King Jac. I., and the paradisicall part of the reign of King Cha. I. 1789 R. Burns Let. 21 May (2001) I. 413 Mrs Brown, Mrs Burns, our little ones in both families, & you and I in some snug paradisical retreat, may make a jovial Party to all eternity! 1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 193/2 A picture of almost paradisical happiness. 1898 Cent. Mag. Aug. 549/1 The entire aspect of this island on the northeast verge of the Caribbean is peaceful and paradisical. 1967 M. Campbell Lord Dismiss Us (1968) xxi. 169 The sky was deep blue. No breeze... A paradisical afternoon. 1992 Notes & Queries Mar. 41/1 The image of an uncorrupted nature suggests that..Defoe could conceive of the island as paradisical. Derivatives paraˈdisically adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [adverb] paradisaically1832 beatifically1869 paradisiacally1881 paradisically1894 1894 Outing 24 7/1 [His] paradisically happy years of married life. 1974 Observer 24 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 21 (advt.) Our man, taking it paradisically easy in the Algarve. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1649 |
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