单词 | houri |
释义 | hourin. A nymph of the Muslim Paradise. Hence applied allusively to a voluptuously beautiful woman. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > nymph in Muslim paradise houri1745 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person > beautiful person > beautiful woman clearc1330 comelya1375 wlonk?a1400 brightc1400 gayc1400 sheenc1400 violet1412 berylc1440 blossomc1440 bonnya1529 pertc1540 bonylasse1546 Venus?1572 spark1575 bellibone1579 bonnibel1579 nymph1584 cheruba1616 lily1622 bellea1640 fine1639 toast1700 houri1745 belle dame1768 peri1813 beauty queen1835 stallion1970 1745 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) I. 343 Handsomer than one of the houris. 1749 S. Johnson Irene iv. v. 60 Suspend thy Passage to the Seats of Bliss, Nor wish for Houries in Irene's Arms. 1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xii. 19 Secure in paradise to be By Houris loved immortally. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. viii. 148 What is she, Isaac? Thy wife or thy daughter, that Eastern houri that thou lockest under thy arm? 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xiii. 123 This speech somewhat softened the incensed Houri of Mr. Gordon's Paradise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1745 |
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