Meanings
comparative more paradisiac · superlative most paradisiac
- Of or like Paradise; heavenly, delightful.
September 13, 1725, Alexander Pope, letter to Mrs Blount a paradisiacal scene
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the Paradisiac - State of Infant Nature
1692, Thomas Burnet, Archæologiæ PhilosophicæQuick souls have their intensest life in the first anticipatory sketch of what may or will be, and the pursuit of their wish is the pursuit of that paradisiac vision which only impelled them
1866, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Felix Holt, the Radical […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLCthe paradisiac beauty and simplicity of tropic humanity
1850, [Charles Kingsley], Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLCSynonyms: paradisiacal
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or like Paradise; heavenly, delightful.
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adjectiverelating to or befitting Paradise
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Origin
- Latinparadīsiacus
- Englishparadisiac
From Latin paradīsiacus.
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paradisiac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paradisiac
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