Elysium Definition

ĭ-lĭzē-əm, ĭ-lĭzh-
noun
The dwelling place of virtuous people after death.
Webster's New World
The Elysian Fields.
American Heritage
Any place or condition of ideal bliss or complete happiness; paradise.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun

A place or state of ideal happiness; paradise.

Wiktionary

(Classical mythology) The home of the blessed after death.

Wiktionary

A region in the northern hemisphere of Mars.

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adjective

Blissful; euphoric.

Wiktionary
Of or pertaining to Elysium.
Wiktionary

Origin of Elysium

  • Latin Ēlysium from Greek Ēlusion (pedion) Elysian (fields)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin, from Greek Ἠλύσιον (πεδίον) Ēlusion (pedion).

    From Wiktionary

Elysium Sentence Examples

  • Indeed, fresh pork was one of the inducements held out to visitors to the Irish Elysium.

  • If the traditional derivation is correct, the name is derived from the Welsh afal, an apple, and, as no other large fruit was well known to the races of northern Europe, is probably intended to symbolize the feasting and enjoyments of elysium.

  • It is impossible to estimate how far this legend commemorates some actual but imperfectly recorded discovery, and how far it is a reminiscence of the ancient idea of an elysium in the western seas which is embodied in the legends of the Isles of the Blest or Fortunate Islands.

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