Paradise
Para·dise (par′ə dīs′, -dīz′)
noun
- the garden of Eden
- the abode of the righteous after death; abode of God and the blessed; heaven
- any place of great beauty and perfection
- any place or condition of great satisfaction, happiness, or delight
Etymology: ME paradis < OE & OFr, both < LL(Ec) paradisus, heaven, abode of the blessed < L, park, orchard < Gr paradeisos, park, garden (in N.T. & LXX, Paradise) < Iran *pardez, akin to Avestan pairi-daēza, enclosure < pairi, around (see peri-) + daēza, a wall < IE base *dheigh-, to knead clay: see dough
Para·dise (par′ə dīs′, -dīz′)
city in SE Nev., near Las Vegas: pop. 186,000
Etymology: descriptive
paradise
n.
The other world
heaven, Kingdom Come, Celestial Home, By-and-By; see heaven 2.The home of Adam and Eve
Garden of Eden, Eden, the Garden. An idyllic land
Arcadia, Cockaigne, Carcassonne, El Dorado, Elysium, the Elysian Fields, Erewhon, Eden, Valhalla, Xanadu, Beulah Land, Shangrila, Arcady, Arcadia; see also utopia.
Converse of object
- sun-kiss: Previously Chechnya: What every parent should know Haiti special: Whither now the sun-kissed Caribbean paradise?
Adjective modifier
- tropical: The location is gorgeous - a typical tropical island paradise.
- earthly: In the serene atmosphere of my earthly paradise I would be safe from all evil.
- sub-tropical: A sub-tropical paradise just 28 miles southwest of Lands End - this has to be the ' perfect holiday ' destination.
- veritable: Conversely poorer weeks can be transformed by a sudden downpour a couple of days earlier upstream, into a veritable paradise.
- shopper's: It truly is a shopperâs paradise, where bargaining is a way of life!
- undiscovered: Good thing too, as it could be Africa's last undiscovered paradise 100 % Christmas?
Modifies a noun
- flycatcher: In the summer the forest is alive with nesting migrants such as the fabulous paradise flycatcher, the Indian pitta and parakeets.
Noun used with modifier
- birdwatchers: It's a birdwatchers paradise, with over a dozen bird hides, many of which are wheelchair accessible.
- golfer: These are set against the ever-changing backdrop of mountain, sea and sky - truly a golfers paradise.
- watcher: There are wonderful, peaceful walks along the coastal path passing the unique Loe Bar, which is a bird watchers paradise.
Possessives
- birdwatcher: To the south of Nautical Inn lies Monkey River, a birdwatcher's paradise up a tropical river.
- crook: A crook's paradise a key sales stage in of driving teens.
- shopper: Shoppers ' paradise Most of you already know that Nottingham is a great city for shopping.
- surfer: A true surfers ' paradise where you can revel in the excitement of its thunderous surf or simply relax under clear blue skies.
- naturalist: The most northerly point in Russia, this archipelago of 191 islands is a naturalist's paradise.
- fool: I believe we are living at present in a fool's paradise.
Preposition: for
- birdwatchers: The nearby St. Abbs Head Nature Reserve has a rich variety of wildlife and is a paradise for birdwatchers!
- hiker: It is wild and rugged with spectacular scenery and is a paradise for hikers.
- walker: Summer activities: In summer, the region becomes a paradise for walkers, with many kilometers of paths.
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee,To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
I was born for opera buffa, as well Thou knowest. Little skill, a little heart, and that is all. So beThou blessed and admit me to Paradise.
There is no expeditious road To pack and label men for God, And save them by the barrel-load, Some may perchance, with strange surprise, Have blundered into Paradise.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the bowers of paradise.
Into a limbo large and broad, since called The Paradise of Fools, to few unknown.
Oh, wasteful woman, she who may On her sweet self set her own price, Knowing man cannot choose but pay, How has she cheapened paradise: How given for naught her priceless gift, How spoiled the bread and spilled the wine, Which, spent with due, respective thrift, Had made brutes men, and men divine.
Cheese for dessert is rather like Paradise Lost in that everyone thinks he ought to like it, but still you don't notice too many people actually curling up with it.
Glory is to God what style is to an artist To behold God's glory, to sense his style, is the closest you can get this side of Paradise, just as to read King Lear is the closest you can get to Shakespeare. 165
And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware! Beware! His flashing eyes, his floating hair! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.
England istheparadise of women, thepurgatoryof men, and the hell of horses.
O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes!
To begin with, I was born with an unreasonably large stock of relations, who have increased and multiplied ever since. My aunts and uncles were legion, and my cousins as the sands of the sea without number. Consequently, even a low death-rate meant, in the course of mere natural decay, a tolerably steady supply of funerals for a by no means affectionate but exceedingly clannish family to go to. Add to this that the town we lived in, being divided in religious opinion, buried its dead in two great cemeteries, each of which was held by the opposite faction to be the ante- chamber of perdition, and by its own patrons to be the gate of paradise.
Theyare so beautiful that they would gracethe entrance to Paradise.
There is a garden in her face, Where roses and white lilies grow, A heavenly paradise is that place, Wherein all pleasant fruits do flow. There cherries grow, which none may buy Till 'Cherry ripe!'themselves do cry.
Hail, wedded love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. 583
Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh just, subtle, and mighty opium!
The joys of marriage are the heaven on earth, Life's paradise, great princess, the soul's quiet, Sinews of concord, earthly immortality, Eternity of pleasures; no restoratives Like to a constant woman.
Lost Angel of a ruined Paradise! She knew not 'twas her own; as with no stain She faded, like a cloud which had outwept its rain.
The world was beforethecreationand at anend beforeit had a beginning; and thus was I dead before I was alive. Though my grave be England, my dying place was Paradise, and Eve miscarried of me before she conceived of Cain.
In ten thousand years the Sierras Will be dryand dead, home of the scorpion. Ice-scratched slabs and bent trees. No paradise, no fall, Only the weathering land The wheeling sky, Man, with his Satan Scouring the chaos of the mind. Oh Hell!
For there isgood news yet to hear and fine things to be seen, Before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.
Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave A paradise for a sect.
His motions all accompanied with grace; And paradise was opened in his face.
Thou Paradise of exiles, Italy!
Oh thou, that dear and happy isle The garden of the world ere while, Thou paradise of four seas, Which heaven planted us to please, But, to exclude the world, did guard With watery if not flaming sword; What luckless apple did we taste, To make us mortal, and thee waste?
But as for him who feared the Station of his Lord and forbade the soul its caprice, surely Paradise shall be the refuge.
This having learnt, thou hast attained the sum Of wisdom; hope no higher, though all the stars Thou knew'st by name, and all th'ethereal powers, All secrets of the deep, all nature's works, Or works of God in heav'n, air, earth, or sea, And all the riches of this world enjoy'dst, And all the rule, one empire; onlyadd Deeds to thy knowledge answerable, add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance, add love, By name to come called charity, the soul Of all the rest: then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A paradise within thee, happier far.
Whose love isgiven over-well Shall look on Helen's face in hell Whilst they whose love is thin and wise Shall see John Knox in Paradise.
No, the serpent did not Seduce Eve to the apple. All that's simply Corruption of the facts. Adam ate the apple. Eve ate Adam. The serpent ate Eve. This is the dark intestine. The serpent, meanwhile, Sleeps his meal off in Paradiseö Smiling to hear God's querulous calling.
Bequeath us no earthly shore until Is answered in the vortex of our grave The seal's wide spindrift gaze toward paradise.
Mutual forgiveness of each vice, Such are the Gates of Paradise.
Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone. They paved paradise And put up a parking lot.
Here with a loaf of bread beneath the bough, A flask of wine, a book of verseöand Thou Beside me singing in the wildernessö And wilderness is paradise enow.
An isle under Ionian skies Beautiful as a wreck of Paradise.
Browse dictionary entries near Paradise
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- paraffin series
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