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Definition of houri in English: hourinounPlural houris ˈhʊəriˈhuri A beautiful young woman, especially one of the virgin companions of the faithful in the Muslim Paradise. Example sentencesExamples - They could select 70 of their nearest and dearest to enter Heaven; and they would have at their disposal 72 houris, the beautiful virgins of paradise, Hassan recounted in the New Yorker.
- According to the Qu'ran, the houris have never been touched by man or jinn.
- In the gardens of paradise, the houris utter only one word: ‘Peace, peace.'
- As they bend their wills and stretch their bodies, undulating houris observe them; the music score essays Arabic themes.
- It is the job of a houri to climb or fly because ordinarily mundane girls or woman hardly climb over the trees.
Origin Mid 18th century: from French, from Persian ḥūrī, from Arabic ḥūr, plural of 'aḥwar 'having eyes with a marked contrast of black and white'. Rhymes curie, de jure, fioriture, fury, Jewry, jury, Manipuri, Missouri, moory, Newry, tandoori, Urey Definition of houri in US English: hourinounˈho͞orēˈhuri A beautiful young woman, especially one of the virgin companions of the faithful in the Muslim Paradise. Example sentencesExamples - According to the Qu'ran, the houris have never been touched by man or jinn.
- They could select 70 of their nearest and dearest to enter Heaven; and they would have at their disposal 72 houris, the beautiful virgins of paradise, Hassan recounted in the New Yorker.
- It is the job of a houri to climb or fly because ordinarily mundane girls or woman hardly climb over the trees.
- In the gardens of paradise, the houris utter only one word: ‘Peace, peace.'
- As they bend their wills and stretch their bodies, undulating houris observe them; the music score essays Arabic themes.
Origin Mid 18th century: from French, from Persian ḥūrī, from Arabic ḥūr, plural of 'aḥwar ‘having eyes with a marked contrast of black and white’. |