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单词 paradisiacal
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paradisiacaladj.

Brit. /ˌparədᵻˈsʌɪəkl/, /ˌparədᵻˈzʌɪəkl/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛrədəˈsaɪək(ə)l/, /ˈˌpɛrədəˈzaɪək(ə)l/
Forms: 1600s paradisiacall, 1600s– paradisiacal.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin paradisiacus , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin paradisiacus paradisiac adj. + -al suffix1. Compare German †paradeisisch (1623 in the source translated in quot. 1649 at sense 1). Compare paradisical adj. and earlier paradisaical adj., paradisal adj., paradisean adj., paradised adj., paradisiac adj., paradisian adj.
1. Of, relating to, or resembling the Garden of Eden; supremely blessed; peaceful, beautiful, or unspoilt.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adjective] > of or relating to paradise
paradisal1568
ambrosial1591
paradised1594
paradisaical1623
paradisean1647
paradisiacal1649
paradisic1723
paradisaic1754
paradisial1776
Edenic1850
the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [adjective] > of or relating to place of supreme happiness
paradisal1568
paradisian1615
Hesperian1622
paradisaical1623
paradisiac1632
paradisean1647
paradisiacal1649
paradisic1723
paradisical1728
Elysian1750
paradisaic1754
paradisial1776
1649 J. Ellistone tr. J. Böhme Epist. xv. i. 130 In his pleasant Paradisiacall Garden.
1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 259 The..passage of the paradisiacal rivers under-ground or under-sea, from one continent into another.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. 329 It would bring back the golden age or paradisiacal state again.
1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman ii. 46 Milton's pleasing picture of paradisiacal happiness.
1840 W. Howitt Visits to Remarkable Places 1st Ser. 208 Ruins of Bolton Priory..; one of the most delicious and paradisiacal scenes..the heart of England holds.
1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights II. xxvi. 540 They are at the paradisiacal age; the young Adam and Eve are strong in them.
1969 R. H. Bainton Erasmus of Christendom (1970) iii. 73 Mountjoy took him instead to his paradisiacal country estate at Bedwell in Hertfordshire.
1992 G. Swift Ever After xiii. 159 As I sit in these paradisiacal surroundings, it seems to me..that innocence is precisely what has been rendered unto me.
2. Of or relating to heaven; celestial.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adjective] > of a heavenly nature
heavenlyOE
divinec1374
celestc1420
celestinec1430
supernal1483
celestial1484
celical1521
heavenlike1542
paradisiacal1660
celic1663
celestiousa1691
celestical1695
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness i. vi. 17 Clothed with those Heavenly, Ethereal and Paradisiacal bodies which Christ will bestow upon those that belong to him.
1779 J. Duché Disc. II. xvii. 357 The very moment the Heaven-born Spirit had escaped from its tortured body, the whole Paradisiacal world was opened upon its senses.
1821 R. Southey Vision of Judgem. ii. 6 Not of the Earth that light; and these paradisiacal breathings, Not of the Earth are they!
1893 C. Rossetti New Jerusalem in Compl. Poems (1979–90) II. 282 She came from dim uttermost depths which no Angel hath known..From the frost or the fire to Paradisiacal zone.
1943 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Lucky Poet vi. 316 The Supreme is..The paradisiacal awareness In which all fullness immediate and unredeemed, Since all time, is posited timelessly.
1995 Speculum 70 336 In htis dramatic sequence the negativeness of Hell is no longer tempered by the existence of a paradisiacal counterpart.

Derivatives

paradiˈsiacally adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adverb]
heavenlyOE
ethereally1616
supernally1621
heavenlike1832
celestially1848
paradisiacally1881
the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [adverb]
paradisaically1832
beatifically1869
paradisiacally1881
paradisically1894
1881 S. I. Curtiss tr. F. J. Delitzsch Hist. Redempt. i. §4. 21 That human history began and will end paradisiacally is correlated with its sinless commencement and its sanctified ending.
1999 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 19 Mar. 25/4 The angst everywhere generated by a serious look at Dante's..account of what it is to be here and now infernally, purgatorially and paradisiacally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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