paradise

See also: Paradise

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀‎ (pairi daēza, “enclosure”). Cognate with Arabic فِرْدَوْس‎ (firdaws), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: pă'rədīs, IPA(key): /ˈpæɹədaɪs/, /ˈpɛɹədaɪs/

Noun

paradise (countable and uncountable, plural paradises)

  1. (chiefly religion) Heaven; the abode of sanctified souls after death.
    Living in paradise comes with a price.
    • Bible, Luke xxiii. 43
      To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
    • Longfellow
      It sounds to him like her mother's voice, / Singing in Paradise.
  2. (figuratively) A very pleasant place.
    an island paradise in the Caribbean
  3. (figuratively) A very positive experience.
  4. (architecture) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
  5. A churchyard or cemetery.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Oxf. Gloss to this entry?)

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Verb

paradise (third-person singular simple present paradises, present participle paradising, simple past and past participle paradised)

  1. To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.
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Latin

Noun

paradīse

  1. vocative singular of paradīsus
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