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paradisen. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin paradisus; French paradis, parais. Etymology: In α. forms < post-classical Latin paradisus, paradysus (see below); subsequently reinforced (compare β. forms) by Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French paradis < post-classical Latin paradisus , paradysus garden, garden of Eden, the Judaeo-Christian heaven (Vetus Latina) < ancient Greek παράδεισος a (Persian) enclosed park, orchard, or pleasure ground (Xenophon), in Hellenistic Greek also the garden of Eden (Septuagint), the abode of the blessed, heaven, intermediate state where the souls of the just await resurrection (New Testament and Christian writers) < the Old Iranian base of Avestan pairidaēza- enclosure ( < Old Iranian pari around + daiz- to heap up, build; > Persian pālīz walled vegetable plot, Armenian partēz , Hebrew pardês the park of the Persian king (Nehemiah 2:8; also Ecclesiastes 2:5 and Song of Songs 4:13)); Arabic firdaws paradise ( > Persian firdaus ; compare sense 2c) is a back-formation < farādīs (taken as a broken plural) < Byzantine Greek παράδεισος . In γ. forms < Anglo-Norman and Old French parais (first half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman; c1100 as pareis), variant (with loss of intervocalic -d-) of paradis (see above).Compare Portuguese paraíso (9th cent.), Old Occitan paradis (c1070; Occitan paradís ), Spanish paraíso (a1140; also in the second half of the 13th cent. as †paradiso ), Catalan paradís (c1200), Italian paradiso (1210; end of the 12th cent. as paradis ). The Latin word was also borrowed into other Germanic languages, compare Middle Dutch paradijs (Dutch paradijs ), Old Saxon paradīs (Middle Low German paradīs ), Old High German paradīsi (Middle High German paradīse , paradīs , German Paradeis (now archaic), Paradies ), Old Icelandic paradís , Old Swedish paradis (Swedish paradis ), Old Danish paradis (Danish paradis ); the Scandinavian forms are probably ultimately borrowings from a West Germanic language. Among parallel senses of the word in French are: ‘Judaeo-Christian heaven, abode of the blessed’ (end of the 10th cent.; compare sense 2a), ‘state of perfect bliss’ (end of the 11th cent.; compare sense 3b), ‘Garden of Eden’ (c1135; compare sense 1), ‘abode of the pagan gods’ (c1270; compare sense 2d), ‘park’ (16th cent.; compare sense 5), and ‘gallery in the highest part of a theatre’ (1606; compare sense 6). With sense 1 compare also Old French, Middle French, French paradis terrestre (c1200; early 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman as parais terrestre ). With senses 4a and 4b compare parvis n. With paradise apple n. at Compounds 2 (see sense 7) compare Italian †poma paradisa (a1548), mela paradisa (a1597), Middle French, French pomme de paradis (1538; already 1256 in Old French in sense ‘banana’). The Old English and early Middle English forms in -m are after the Latin accusative singular; the Middle English form paradyso is after the Latin ablative singular. In α. forms in Old English also with Latin case inflections (compare quot. OE2 at sense 1α. ). The usual Old English word was neorxnawang ( < a first element of unknown origin + wang wong n.); compare:OE Ælfric Hexameron (Hatton 115) 65 God hi ða gebrohte binnan Paradisum, ðæt we hataþ on Englisc Neorxnawang. I. Theological uses. α. OE Ælfric (Claud.) iii. 1 Hwi forbead God eow ðæt ge ne æton of ælcon treowe binnan Paradisum? OE Wulfstan 237 Be þære bysene þe God on Adame astealde þa þa he hine nydde ut of paradiso. c1180 Notes to Hexateuch (Claud. B.iv) in A. N. Doane & W. P. Stoneman (2011) 20 Me red on boc, be paradisum in Eden þæt is neorxna wanga. 2. the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > paradise α. OE (Corpus Cambr.) xxiii. 43 Todæg þu bist mid me on paradiso [c1200 Hatton on paradise, c1384 Wycliffite, E.V. in paradys, 1526 Tyndale in paradise; L. in paradiso, Gk. ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ]. OE tr. 65 Ðara manna sawla becumað into parudisam [read paradisum]. ?a1425 (?c1350) (Rawl.) 1961 (MED) Þan sall þi fader com fra payne And dwell in paradyso o-gayne. the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > intermediate abode of the blessed OE Homily: De Sancto Iohanne (Corpus Cambr. 198) in (1885) 8 477 Paradisum nis naðor ne on heofonum ne on eorþan... Paradisus hangað betwynon heofonan and eorþan wundorlice. c1300 St. Patrick's Purgatory (Laud) 551 in C. Horstmann (1887) 216 (MED) Ech man þat in-to heuene schal þoruȝ purgatorie mot And sethþe into eorþeliche parays..ar heo to heouene come. c1450 (?c1400) tr. Honorius Augustodunensis (1909) 23 (MED) Where dwellide he [sc. Jesus]..aftir his resureccioun or he steiȝe up to heuene?..In erþely paradijs [v.r. paradijs terestre]. a1475 (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 1586 (MED) Whi gon not þe soules þat ben wys Vnto þe erthely paradys? a1710 G. Bull (1846) I. 55 Then..he [sc. St Paul] saw also the intermediate joys of paradise, wherewith the souls of the faithful are refreshed until the resurrection. 1713 A. Campbell 64 After his Death, he was to be..in an Intermediate or Middle State, a happy State of Expectation and certain Hope of future Reward... This State is what is called Paradise or Abraham's Bosom. 1753 J. Orton IV. 523 He was also caught up into Paradise, that Garden of God, which is the Seat of happy Spirits in the intermediate State, and during their Separation from the Body. 1776 J. Wesley 17 Apr. In Paradise, in the intermediate state between death and the resurrection. a1806 S. Horsley (1811) 395 Paradise was certainly some place where our Lord was to be on the very day on which he suffered, and where the companion of his sufferings was to be with him. It was not heaven. 1835 J. H. Newman (1837) III. xxv. 412 Paradise is not the same as Heaven, but a resting-place at the foot of it. 1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold (ed. 3) 518 The Limbus Patrum is the Paradise of Luc. xxiii. 43, so called because it was a place of rest and joy, though the joy was imperfect. the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > non-Christian ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 84 (MED) Sarazines..seyn..paradys..is a place of delytes, where men schull fynde all maner of frutes. 1615 G. Sandys 58 It is..more then conjectured, that Mahomet grounded his devised Paradise, upon the Poets invention of Elisium. 1652 T. Urquhart 121 In an Alcoranal paradise. 1702 N. Rowe iv. i. 1766 Prophet, take notice I disclaim thy Paradice. 1816 Ld. Byron xii. 19 Secure in paradise to be By Houris loved immortally. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. I. 20 Some assert Paradise to be in the seventh heaven, and, indeed, I have found this to be the general opinion of my Muslim friends. 1899 at Houri A nymph of the Mohammedan Paradise. 1960 L. Durrell i. iii. 57 The ‘nubk’ forms the great circular palisade of trees which encircles the Moslem Paradise. 1992 17 Feb. 69/1 In all ancient Arabia, the most fabled land was the city of Ubar. As legend had it, one Shaddad ibn Ad created the jewel-encrusted oasis town in the southern deserts to stand as an ‘imitation of Paradise’. c1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Prol. 564 I [sc. the God of Love] mot goon hom..To paradys. 1690 J. Locke i. iii. 18 The Virtues, whereby the Tououpinambas believed they merited Paradise, were, Revenge, and eating abundance of their Enemies. 1768 T. Gray Fatal Sisters in 79 (note) The Valkyriur..conducted them to Valkalla, the hall of Odin, or paradise of the Brave. 1780 V. 3288/1 That their great Odinus excluded all those from his valhalla, or paradise, who [etc.]. 1879 J. Dowson 20 The Apsarases..are fairylike beings... They are the rewards in Indra's paradise held out to heroes who fall in battle. 1976 14 Oct. 3- g/1 Rikka is the oldest established form [of flower arrangement], dating back five centuries. It is a complex style with 11 main branches presenting a stylized representation of the landscape of Buddhist paradise. II. Extended uses. 3. the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > paradise > place compared to the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [noun] > place of supreme happiness ?a1300 Sayings St. Bernard (Digby) in F. J. Furnivall (1901) ii. 762 (MED) Hoere paradis by [read hy] nomen here, And nou þey lien in helle I-fere. c1300 St. Brendan (Harl.) 150 in C. Horstmann (1887) 224 (MED) To a stede ȝe schulle hunne wende..Þat is foweles parays, a wel ioyful place. c1385 G. Chaucer 1237 Ful blisfully in prisoun maistow dure, In prisoun, certes nay, but in paradys. c1395 G. Chaucer 1332 Wyf is mannes help and his confort, His paradys terrestre, and his disport. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 3217 (MED) Þe palais a paradyce semed. c1450 (a1400) (Calig. A.ii) (1969) 1431 (MED) Whan he seyȝ her face Hym þouȝ he was Jn paradys alyue. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster sig. Bvij A man woulde thinke it were a very Paradyse of pleasure. 1555 R. Eden Of Pole Antartike in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria f. 245 Yf there bee any earthely Paradyse in the worlde, it can not bee farre from these regions of the south. 1590 E. Spenser ii. xii. sig. Aa6v There the most daintie Paradise [sc. the Bowre of Blisse] on ground, It selfe doth offer to his sober eye. ?a1603 E. Grymeston (1604) sig. H3v A faire woman is a paradise to the eie, a purgatorie to the purse and a hell to the soule. a1684 J. Evelyn anno 1662 (1955) III. 522 Signor Verrios..now settled in his Majesties Garden of St. James's, which he had made now a very delicious Paradise. 1721 A. Ramsay iii When Mary Scot's become my marrow, We'll make a paradise on Yarrow. 1745 P. Thomas 297 Among their Buildings are many which..appear..perfect Paradises. 1814 P. Hawker (1893) I. 123 These gardens are the most perfect paradise I ever saw. 1891 E. Kinglake 136 [Australia] is a rather overdone Paradise of the working man. 1915 W. S. Maugham xxxviii. 178 To Mr. Goodworthy..the capital of France was a paradise of the joyously obscene. 1969 N. Coward 9 Feb. (2000) 675 Now we are back in our earthly paradise; everything is a-growing and a-blowing, including, at the moment, a norther, but not a bad one. 1990 9 Feb. 8 A massive oil spill which threatens to swamp a surfing and wildlife paradise was caused by a tanker hitting its own anchor. the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [noun] c1395 G. Chaucer 1265 Wedlok is so esy and so clene That in this world it is a paradys. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) 1325 Ther nys so good paradys As to have a love at his devys. 1548 f. vi This poore priest brought into this foolishe paradice through his awne fantasticall ymaginacion. 1594 E. Spenser xx. sig. H5v For greedy pleasure, carelesse of your toyes, Thinks more vpon her paradise of ioyes, Then what ye do. a1682 Sir T. Browne (1716) iii. 114 The Delights wherein mere Pleasurists place their Paradise. 1747 T. Gray 8 Thought would destroy their Paradise. 1814 M. Edgeworth III. xxix. 175 As she seemed entering the paradise of love and hope. 1897 ‘Ouida’ xl I shall deny him the paradise of your embrace. 1902 A. M. Fairbairn i. ii. 79 Comfort..seems to many Englishmen the only real paradise. 1975 I. McEwan (1976) 20 She tasted paradise on earth. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > specific ground 1946 C. A. Oakley iii. 168 Celtic Park..seemed so palatial, in odd comparison with an adjacent graveyard, that it was described as the ‘Paradise’. 1958 C. Tully xxii. 92 One of the best things about being at Paradise is that you're pretty certain to move in good company... You'll go a long way before you meet a better bunch than the Tims of Parkhead. 1991 S. Cosgrove (BNC) 91 Nicholas could not face the prospect of signing for a team that wore the same colour of shirts as Rangers, and so he returned to Celtic Boys Club to await his calling from Paradise. 4. the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > pleasure garden 1374–5 in J. T. Fowler (1898) I. 180 (MED) In reparacione muri circa Paradis, 18 d. a1382 (Bodl. 959) Song of Sol. iv. 13 Þyn owt sendingis paradis of powmgarnetis with þe frutes of appelis. 1432 in J. Raine (1855) II. 22 (MED) To ye Goddes house in Paradise a rough felt. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) Prol. 3 This boke is cald garthen closed, wel enseled, paradyse ful of all appils. 1557 in D. Yaxley (2003) 147 The litel soler on the sowthe ende of here chaumber stondyng in to the paradise. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden ii. 111 Minding to replant it like unto a certaine garden or Paradise. a1684 J. Evelyn anno 1662 (1955) III. 325 Another Parterr there is [at Hampton Court] which they call Paradise in which a pretty banqueting house, set over a Cave or Cellar. 1845 J. H. Parker (ed. 4) I. 270 Paradise..; also the garden of a convent: the name was likewise sometimes given to an open court, or area in front of a church. 1878 H. C. Adams xxiii. 429 Paradise, a small patch of trees in the outer court of the College, opposite the Warder's door, and against the wall of the stable-yard. 1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley V. 138/2 Paradise, a grove of trees outside St. John's College, Oxford. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > others 1485 VI. 372/2 The Keping of the Houses called Paradyse and Hell, within the Hall of Westmynster. a1552 J. Leland (1710) I. 39 I saw in a litle studiyng Chaumber ther caullid Paradice the Genealogie of the Percys. a1552 J. Leland (1710) I. 46 One thing I likid excedingly yn one of the Towers that was a study caullid Paradise. 1659 in E. Law (1888) II. App. C. 281 In Paradice Roome..one paire of Creepers. 1673–4 in D. G. Vaisey (1969) 227 In the cocklofts... In the paradice 2 fether beds, 6 bolsters [etc.]. 1841 18 Dec. 265/2 [The examination candidate] is told he may retire, and is conducted by Mr. Belfour into ‘Paradise’, the room appropriated to the fortunate ones, which the curious stranger may see lighted up every Friday evening as he passes through Lincoln's-inn Fields. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > zoo > [noun] 1613 S. Purchas 75 Betweene Orpha and Caramit, was the Paradise of Aladeules, where he had a fortress destroyed by Selim. 1628 R. Burton (ed. 3) ii. ii. iv. 252 A Persian Paradise, or Parke, could not bee more acceptable in his sight. 1724 A. Pope 12 Aug. For as to the hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Paradise of Cyrus, and the Sharawaggi's of China, I have little or no Idea's of 'em. 1775 R. Chandler lxx. 237 He had, moreover, an extensive paradise or park, full of wild beasts. 1865 G. Rawlinson III. i. 34 Semiramis built a palace, and laid out a paradise. 1900 3 Aug. 5/1 A ‘paradise’ is the technical term for a preserve in which attempts are made with more or less success to acclimatize foreign birds and animals. The three most successful paradises in England are Haggerstone Castle, near Beale; Leonardslee, in Sussex; and Woburn Abbey. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > gallery 1864 J. C. Hotten (new ed.) 195 Paradise, French Slang for the gallery of a theatre, ‘up amongst the Gods’. III. Other uses. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > apple > [noun] > eating-apple > types of the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > eating-apple > types of the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > apple tree 1598 J. Florio Meloparadiso, the paradise apple. 1629 J. Parkinson iii. xix. 586 The Paradise or dwarfe apple tree..whatsoever fruit shall be grafted on it, will keep the graft low like vnto it selfe. 1676 J. Worlidge 159 The Paradice-Apple is a curious Fruit, produced by grafting a Permain on a Quince. 1706 G. London & H. Wise I. i. xvii. 82 An Apple upon a Paradise Stock. 1731 P. Miller I. at Malus The Paradise Apple hath of late Years greatly obtain'd for Stocks to graft or bud upon. 1824 J. C. Loudon (ed. 2) iii. i. 698 The first consideration is the choice of stocks;..paradise apples, or doucins, from layers or cuttings, for low dwarfs and trained. 1861 July 197/3 The Paradise and Doucain stocks are small distinct varieties of hard sweet apples, propagated from cuttings, layers and shoots. The Paradise is preferred. 1917 42 362 Trees worked on the Paradise were expected to be remunerative early. 1956 (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) I. 148/1 The principal types of Paradise stocks used were known as the Broad-leaved English Paradise, the Nonsuch, the French Paradise, and the Doucin. 1993 J. Morgan & A. Richards ii. 46 Jean Baukin..said that he had received grafts of the Paradise apple from both Montpellier and Lyon. 8. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > plume (of feathers, etc.) 1905 E. Wharton ii. x. 461 Mrs. Trenor's hat? The one with the green Paradise? 1928 24 May 5/3 The same firm was responsible for wonderful curls of shaded paradise,..toning from dark to palest beige tones. Compounds C1. 1691 R. Baxter i. 10 Some think that the [resurrection body] is to be a Paradise body, like Adams before he sinned. 1873 4 Oct. 242/2 Through him our paradise body was restored, it waits for us on the other side of the grave. 1964 31 193 The poem prospects the redemption of the body, or nature's paradise-body. 1592 A. Fraunce f. 51 O paradise-garden, fit for so louely a gardner. 1889 Sept. 381/2 It [sc. Lincoln's Inn Fields] is all brightness to them; it is a very Paradise garden. 2000 3 Aug. f10/3 Organizing space around an axis harks back to Persian paradise garden traditions. 1822 P. B. Shelley 51 Like the shapes of a dream, What Paradise islands of glory gleam! 2000 A. Sayle 174 You get the hacks locked up on some paradise island for a week. 1875 W. Cory (1897) 381 Last week was a marvel of paradise weather. C2. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > citrus fruit > [noun] > grapefruit the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > pampelmouse or pomelo 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten i. lv. 99/2 This fruite [sc. banana] is called Paradise Apples [Du. Paradijs appelen]..partly for the pleasantnes of taste, smell and colour. 1857 R. G. Mayne (1860) Paradise Apple, common name for the fruit of the Citrus Paradisi. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Paradisaeidae (bird of paradise) 1617 K. Throgmorton in (1870) 50 [Sends presents, including] a ‘paradise bird’. 1869 A. R. Wallace II. xxxviii. 414 The great Epimaque, or Long-tailed Paradise Bird (Epimachus magnus). 1997 (Nexis) 9 July a5 On all four days, we'll have a bird show with mystical paradise birds on stage three times daily. the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Gruidae (cranes) > genus Anthropoides > anthropoides paradisea (paradise crane) 1906 8 May 7/6 His consignment..included..three paradise cranes, five wolves and seven baboons. 1958 E. T. Gilliard 146/1 Other species [of crane] are named for their ornamental plumage, coloration, wattles or geographical ranges—as, for example..the Paradise or Stanley Crane..of southern Africa; and the Crowned Crane. the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Tadorna (sheldrake) 1813 R. Williams Rep. Sept. in R. McNab (1909) 196 We found the large bay..covered with paradise ducks which induced me naming it Duck Bay. 1882 29 June 4/2 He is pretty sure of a good bag of pigeons, with as many paradise ducks as he cares to carry. 1992 B. Anderson (1993) xvi. 290 A pair of paradise ducks had lifted from the wide gravel river-bed beside the road. the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > other edible fish the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Anabantoidei > family Anabantidae > member of (Siamese fighter) 1804 G. Shaw V. i. 147 Paradise Polyneme... The Fish of Paradise.] 1858 P. L. Simmonds 275/2 Paradise-fish, a species of Polynemus, which is esteemed excellent food in India. 1885 C. F. Holder 18 In Siam there is found a fish..known to science as the Macropodus or paradise-fish, on account of its curiously-shaped fins. 1931 E. G. Boulenger xvi. 135 The beautiful little Paradise Fish (Macropodus viridi-auratus) of China makes a fairylike abode of bubbles..producing at the same time a sticky saliva which causes the frothy structure to set. 1992 J. Silverberg & J. P. Gray 16 Francis..used paradise fish to test the hypothesis that individual differences in ‘aggressive motivation’ are responsible for the patterns of wins and losses in a dominance matrix. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Monarchinae > other types of 1862 J. Richardson 334/1 The Paradise Flycatcher (Tchitrea paradisi).—This elegant species is found in all parts of India and in Ceylon. 1942 81/2 A pair of Paradise Flycatchers were..rearing two youngsters on a branch... Interesting birds these; for hereabouts the cock only reaches the cinnamon coloured stage of the long tail, which is pure white in birds from about 4,000 ft. down to the coast. 1992 Sept. 184/3 You may be lucky enough to catch sight of the black paradise flycatcher, one of the world's most threatened birds. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > fruit or seed > grain of paradise 1705 tr. W. Bosman xvi. 305 Malagueta, otherwise called Paradise-Grains [Du. Grein] or Guinea Pepper. 1876 J. Greenwood 194 No paradise grains [in a sample of gin]. 1993 D. Wakoski 122 Burning, dark, paradise grains which take bland white flesh, marbled red meats or crisp green vegetables and snapshot spice into their daily texture? 1781 J. Latham I. i. 122 Paradise Gr[osbeak]. 1859 S. G. Goodrich II. 159 Under the genus Loxia Bechstein includes the following: the Paradise Grosbeak. 1967 A. L. Rand & E. T. Gilliard 294 Paradise Kingfisher. The adults of this genus are immediately recognized by the greatly elongated central tail feathers. 2002 (Nexis) 11 Oct. d4 This is jungle visited by Paradise kingfishers—spectacular birds with extravagant tail feathers which migrate from Papua New Guinea. 1929 A. H. Chisolm 98 The paradise-parrot, of central and southern Queensland and the north of New South Wales. 1991 9 July 3/3 One of Australia's most beautiful birds, the paradise parrot, was reported on a Dalby property last week after not having been seen for more than 60 years. 1824 16 Nov. 316/3 Lord Mayor's Day... General Bill of Fare... Desserts..83 plates dried fruits and preserves, 83 ditto rout cakes &c. four ditto paradise plums. 1903 17 Dec. 18/2 (advt.) At Kingston Drug Depot You can buy..4 lb tins Paradise Plums 2s 3d. 2000 8 Mar. Downstairs was a tiny shop, where we sold a little paradise plum, mint balls, pinda cake, a half-pint of kerosene oil, two pence of codfish and a half a pound of flower [sic]. 1790 3 May No. 1039 Rare and beautiful Oriental, Argilla, and Paradise Plumes, which for lightness, ease and elegance far surpass any head-dress ever seen in Europe. 1801 III. 12 Instead of exulting in a Paradise-plume, be contented with the sable pageant that will one day wave over thy unambitious head. 1852 ‘R. Archer’ xvii. 176 The giant..wore a paradise plume on his head, and a girdle of the claws and beaks of birds around his waist. 1906 19 539/1 A grey chip hat, with..a grey waving paradise plume caught with an old wrought silver and gold buckle. 1936 19 Oct. 17/6 The arrogant richness of the osprey and the paradise plume. 1859 S. G. Goodrich II. 99 The Paradise Rifle-Bird, P. paradiseus, is the most gorgeous in its plumage of the Australian birds. 1941 C. Barrett 85 Paradise rifle-birds frequent the palm brush. 1975 vi. 7/1 The paradise rifle-bird, rufous scrub-bird, and Albert's lyrebird live only in subtropical rainforests. 1923 J. C. Phillips I. 250 (heading) New Zealand or Paradise Sheldrake Carsaca Variegata (Gmelin).] 1954 J. Delacour xii. 246 Paradise Shelducks have much the same habits as their relatives. 1976 No.7. 8 Paradise shelduck are unique amongst New Zealand's game waterfowl, for all others are extremely mobile and move around much of the country. 1998 (Nexis) 16 Mar. 1 Survey data from the annual paradise shelduck moult counts indicated the coastal population had stabilised. 1997 G. Jennings II. 156 Giant Threadfin/Paradise Threadfin... Frequency: Not uncommon. Range: Throughout the Indian Ocean... Good eating. 2002 49 311/1 (heading) Polynemus paradiseus Linnaeus, 1758. (English name: paradise threadfin). 1651 E. Davies Pref. sig. A2v This Paradise Tree, this hidden Manna, consisting of Times Mystery and Seasons; breathed by the Father the breath of life. 1846 H. Smith 39 Then earth..thrill'd in her depths with a shudder profound, That wither'd each Paradise tree to its root, And shook down for ever and ever its fruit. 1890 4274/3 Paradise-tree, a small American tree, Simaruba glauca, ranging from southern Florida to Brazil. 1908 N. L. Britton 584 Gumbo Limbo, known also as Bitter-wood, Paradise tree, and on the Bahama islands as Ash, inhabits southern Florida, the Bahamas and Jamaica. 1914 J. D. Sawyer iii. 88 In the background is the Paradise Tree or Tree of Heaven, the unfairly maligned though odorous root-spreading ailanthus. 1962 C. Day Lewis (1992) The dancing fountains That leapt and wept for him like paradise trees In diamond leaf—he tainted them. 1993 J. V. O'Brien vi. 181 The motif of a Paradise tree, rare in Greek thought but common in Near Eastern myth, appears in a fragment of the Athenian mythographer Pherecydes, who describes ‘the garden of the gods.’ 2003 (Nexis) 2 June s4 I also hope to carry out some research on ‘Edible oil from Simarouba glauca (paradise tree) kernels.’ Derivatives 1664 B. Gerbier (new ed.) i. sig. c3 Your Lordships Paradise-like-Garden at Neewnem. 1895 Sept. 627/2 Its fragrant paradiselike gardens. 1989 64 991 In the long chain of laudes urbium Kugler discovers a type of text, such as the Annolied, in which the literary topos assumes a religious, Paradise-like dimension. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † paradisev.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: paradise n. Etymology: < paradise n. Compare imparadise v. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pæ·rădəis) /ˈpærədaɪs/. Obsolete. rare. the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [verb (transitive)] > make heavenly 1593 G. Harvey 173 Your Verticall Starre; that..Paradiseth the Earth with the ambrosiall dewes of his incomprehensible witt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  n.OE v.1593 |
