paradisiacal

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin paradīsiacus + -al.

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paradisiacal (comparative more paradisiacal, superlative most paradisiacal)

  1. Of or resembling paradise.
    Synonym: paradisiac
    Hyponym: Edenic
    • 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter V, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. , volume III, London: for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 102:
      I read and re-read her letter, and some softened feelings stole into my heart, and dared to whisper paradisiacal dreams of love and joy; but the apple was already eaten, and the angel's arm bared to drive me from all hope.
    • 1842, Joseph Smith, Articles of Faith:
      We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.

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