elysian

What it means

1. Greekhuman sciencesElysium (“the home of the blessed after death”).

In a sentence

O who of man the ſtory will unfold, / Ere victory and empire wrought annoy, / In that elyſian age (miſnamed of gold) / The age of love, and innocence and joy, […]

1774, James Beattie, The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius. A Poem. Book the Second, London: […] Edward and Charles Dilly, […]; Edinburgh: William Creech, […], →OCLC, stanza XXXVI, page 19

Where it comes from

1. Ancient GreekἨλύσιον“Elysium; one of the Elysian Fields”
2. LatinElysium
3. EnglishElysian

From Latin Elysium (from Ancient Greek Ἠλύσιον (Ēlúsion, “Elysium; one of the Elysian Fields”)) + -an (adjective-forming suffix).