Etymology

fool's paradise

Today it means: A state of happiness due to illusion or false hope. Full definition →

Middle English foles paradise
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromfoles paradise
  2. English todayfool's paradise

From Middle English foles paradise, folis paradyce, first recorded in the Paston Letters (1462).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.