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Elysian, a.|ɪˈlɪzɪən, -ʒɪən|
Forms: 6–7 elis-, elizian, 6– elysian.
[f. elysi-um + -an.]
1. Of or pertaining to Elysium.
1622Massinger, etc. Virgin Mart. iv. iii, The remembrance Of the Elysian joys thou might'st have tasted. 1667Milton P.L. iii. 358 The river of Bliss..Rowls o're Elisian Flours her amber stream. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. (1858) 42 Is that a real Elysian brightness? 1882Ouida Maremma I. 149 Vast grasslands..covered in spring with the elysian asphodel.
b. Elysian fields = Elysium 1 and 2; also fig.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Nov. 179, I see thee blessed soule, I see, Walk in Elisian fieldes so free. 1641Maisterton Serm. 23 Orchards of delight, surpassing the Elysian fields. 1716Lady M. W. Montague Lett. xl. I. 162 This place..perfectly answers the description of the Elysian fields. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. (1858) 102 The Elysian-Fields of Memory.
2. fig. Of the nature of, or resembling, what is in Elysium; beatific, glorious.
1750Johnson Rambl. No. 36 ⁋1 We..suffer ourselves..to be transported to elysian regions. 1813Byron Br. Abydos i. vi, Too transcendent vision, When heart meets heart again in dreams Elysian. 1850A. Jameson Leg. Monast. Ord. (1863) 277 Nothing can be imagined more..bright and elysian than these figures.
B. as n. = Elysium. Obs. rare.
1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. v. ii, To get a passage to Elisian. Ibid. Hell and Elisian swarme with Ghosts of men.
Hence eˈlysianize v. intr., to speak in terms of rapturous or extravagant approbation.
1868Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 413 They..fall into a strain of elysianizing. |