Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Greek Mythology The Elysian Fields.
- noun A place or condition of ideal happiness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek myth, the abode of the blessed after death. Also called the Elysian Fields.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anc. Myth.) A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.
- noun Hence, any delightful place.
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- proper noun the home of the
blessed after death. - proper noun A place or state of
ideal happiness;paradise . - proper noun A
region in the northernhemisphere ofMars . - adjective
blissful ;euphoric - adjective of or pertaining to Elysium.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a place or condition of ideal happiness
- noun (Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death
Etymologies
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Examples
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You can build up a storehouse of riches to make your retirement in Elysium eternal.
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This week will be a mixture of both: spiritually, you rest in Elysium, physically, it is Tax Time in Canada.
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Basically, your pre-Apocalypse consumption of fastburger translates into how long you can linger in Elysium, before you face Final Judgement or can wrangle a Re-Incarnation.
War is Inevitable 2007
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Somewhere in Elysium, Tacitus says, “Hey, I coulda told you that.”
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Basically, your pre-Apocalypse consumption of fastburger translates into how long you can linger in Elysium, before you face Final Judgement or can wrangle a Re-Incarnation.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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His California house is called Neverland; his Florida house is called Elysium.
Dream State Diane Roberts 2008
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While our eyes are delighted, on the other side, with soft draperies and fine colours, and combinations of grace and elegance, that are fit to put a man in Elysium!
Daisy 1868
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The flowers, the green grass, the glorious sunshine, the birds of the air, and the young lambs gambolling down the verdant slopes, which fill the heart of a British child with a fond ecstasy, bathing the young spirit in Elysium, would float unnoticed before the vision of a
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The young are seldom in Elysium, for their desires, outstripping possibility, leave them as poor as a moneyless debtor.
I.3 1826
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There are loads of visually interesting sets, but the Elysium is a flying city so that familiar claustrophobic feeling isn’t there.
dailyword commented on the word Elysium
Maxiums mention Elysium when he was rallying his troops to fight the Germans.
June 12, 2012