/
ˈparədʌɪs/
n.
- (in some religions) heaven as the ultimate abode of the just.
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(Paradise)
the Garden of Eden.
- an ideal or idyllic place or state.
Derivative
- paradisal adj.
- paradisiacal
/-dɪˈsʌɪək(ə)l/
(also paradisaical
/-dɪˈseɪɪk(ə)l/
or paradisical
/-ˈdɪsɪk(ə)l/
)
adj.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. paradis, via eccles. L. from Gk paradeisos ‘royal (enclosed) park’.