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blissful
Variant of bliss
bliss
definition
bliss (blis)
noun
- great joy or happiness
- spiritual joy; heavenly rapture
- any cause of bliss
Etymology: ME blisse < OE bliss, bliths, joy < blithe, blithe
intransitive verb, transitive verb
to experience or produce ecstasy or intense pleasure or satisfaction from or as if from a hallucinogenic drug or a mystical experience: usually with out
Related Forms:
- blissful bliss′·ful adjective
- blissfully bliss′·fully adverb
- blissfulness bliss′·ful·ness noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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