Elysian
adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 An inhabitant of the mythological Elysium.
- 1 Of or pertaining to Elysian or Elysium, the location. not-comparable
"Departed spirits do not however make a joyful and immediate entrance into these elysian fields, but must first slide for the space of five days, or, according to others, for a still longer period, down a rough rock, which the Greenlanders, by a strange contradiction, represent to be quite bloody."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Elysian. alt-of, not-comparable
"O who of man the ſtory will unfold, / Ere victory and empire wrought annoy, / In that elyſian age (miſnamed of gold) / The age of love, and innocence and joy, […]"
- 3 Blissful, happy, heavenly not-comparable
"O vvho of man the ſtory vvill unfold, / Ere victory and empire vvrought annoy, / In that elyſian age (miſnamed of gold) / The age of love, and innocence and joy, […]"
- 1 being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods wordnet
- 2 relating to the Elysian Fields wordnet
- 1 Elysium (“the home of the blessed after death”). Greek
Example
More examples"So, too, in his descriptions of the Elysian Fields and of Tartarus, Virgil simply reproduces in substance the many similar descriptions which occur in the Greek poets and philosophers; and although he perfects these with many exquisite touches of his own, such original contributions of his belong rather to the domain of art than of eschatology."
Etymology
From Latin Elysium (from Ancient Greek Ἠλύσιον (Ēlúsion, “Elysium; one of the Elysian Fields”)) + -an (adjective-forming suffix).
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