Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Greek Mythology Of or relating to Elysium.
- adjective Blissful; delightful.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Elysium, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, blessed; delightfully, exquisitely, or divinely happy; full of the highest kind of enjoyment, happiness, or bliss.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific.
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- proper noun
Elysium ; home of the blessed, after death. - adjective Of or pertaining to Elysian or
Elysium , the location. - adjective idiomatic
Happy ,blissful ,heavenly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to the Elysian Fields
- adjective being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was held at a nearby Mormon church, and the burial was at a small suburban cemetery called Elysian Fields.
Richard Paul Evans Ebook Christmas Set Richard Paul Evans 2009
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We visited the so called Elysian Fields and Avernus: and wandered through various ruined temples, baths, and classic spots; at length we entered the gloomy cavern of the Cumaean Sibyl.
The Last Man 2003
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This plateau was called the Elysian Fields, now Alyscamp, and is so thick with tombs that you walk over them as you follow the road that runs along the plateau.
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We visited the so called Elysian Fields and Avernus: and wandered through various ruined temples, baths, and classic spots; at length we entered the gloomy cavern of the Cumaean Sibyl.
The Last Man 1826
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This man afterwards sold them to Samuel Worthington, a cotton planter of Mississippi; whose letter, in reply to Gerrit Smith, arrived the day we were at his house; and he being in doubt how to effect the redemption of the family, and their safe transportation, thou wilt remember that I agreed to effect both, to what I shall call the Elysian Fields, or, more properly,
A Visit to the United States in 1841 Joseph Sturge 1826
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We visited the so called Elysian Fields and Avernus: and wandered through various ruined temples, baths, and classic spots; at length we entered the gloomy cavern of the Cumaean Sibyl.
The Last Man Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1824
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This part of the ocean may be called the Elysian Fields of Neptune's empire; and the torrid zone, notwithstanding Ovid's remark, "non est habitabilis æstu," is rendered healthy and pleasant by these gently-blowing breezes.
Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823
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My antagonist led me across the rue St. Honoré, to a place which I suppose you know, called the Elysian Fields.
Anna St. Ives Thomas Holcroft 1777
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As a student at the University of California he played in a rock band called Elysian
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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In classical mythology Elysium, also known as the Elysian Fields, was the paradise reserved for the heroes immortalized by the gods.
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