paradisiacal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /pæɹədɪˈsaɪəkəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin paradīsiacus + -al.
Meanings
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Of or resembling paradise.
I read and re-read her letter, and some softened feelings stole into my heart, and dared to whisper paradisiacal dreams of love and joy; but the apple was already eaten, and the angel's arm bared to drive me from all hope.
1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter V, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 102:We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
1842, Joseph Smith, Articles of Faith:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| most paradisiacal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more paradisiacal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Translations (34)
es paradisíaco (resembling paradise) · ar فِرْدَوْسِيّ (resembling paradise) · to fakapalataisi (resembling paradise) · et paradiislik (resembling paradise) · it paradisiaco (resembling paradise) · nl paradijselijk (resembling paradise) · hu paradicsomi (resembling paradise) · sk rajský (resembling paradise) · fi paratiisimainen (resembling paradise) · ro paradiziac (resembling paradise) · uk ра́йський (resembling paradise) · pl rajski (resembling paradise) · nb paradisisk (resembling paradise) · sh rȃjskī (resembling paradise) · be ра́йскі (resembling paradise) · id bersifat sorga (resembling paradise) · ca paradisíac (resembling paradise) · de paradiesisch (resembling paradise) · nn paradisisk (resembling paradise) · sl rajski (resembling paradise) · mk рајски (resembling paradise) · fi paratiisillinen (resembling paradise) · ru ра́йский (resembling paradise) · pt paradisíaco (resembling paradise) · sv paradisisk (resembling paradise) · es paradisiaco (resembling paradise) · cs rajský (resembling paradise) · fr paradisiaque (resembling paradise) · bg ра́йски (resembling paradise) · eo paradiza (resembling paradise) · da paradisisk (resembling paradise) · sm faaparataiso (resembling paradise) · sh ра̑јскӣ (resembling paradise) · fj vakaparataisi (resembling paradise)