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Bliss

//blɪs// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.
  2. 2
    A unisex given name from English. rare

    ""Mother doesn't seem to especially like her little granddaughter as it is, even named 'Edna Louise'. D'you think she's going to like her better, named 'Bliss' like some sexpot pop star or some Indian-mystic asshole-charlatan?" Betsey winced. "Bliss" was a beautiful name!"

  3. 3
    a programming language used for systems programming primarily on computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation. Bliss is a parallel language to C, both being derived from B and BCPL
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A ghost town in California.
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; A minor city in Gooding County, Idaho.
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky.
  2. 7
    A place in the United States:; A township in Emmet County, Michigan, named after Aaron T. Bliss.
  3. 8
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
  4. 9
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in the town of Eagle, Wyoming County, New York.
  5. 10
    A place in the United States:; Former name of Old Bliss, Oklahoma.
Noun
  1. 1
    Perfect happiness. countable, uncountable

    "The afternoon at the spa was utter bliss."

  2. 2
    a state of extreme happiness wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English bliss, from Old English bliss, variant of earlier blīds, blīþs (“joy, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīþisi (“joy, goodness, kindness”).

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