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Elysian

//ɪˈlɪz.i.ən// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 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. 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, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to the Elysian Fields wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Elysium (“the home of the blessed after death”). Greek
Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of the mythological Elysium.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin Elysium (from Ancient Greek Ἠλύσιον (Ēlúsion, “Elysium; one of the Elysian Fields”)) + -an (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

From Latin Elysium (from Ancient Greek Ἠλύσιον (Ēlúsion, “Elysium; one of the Elysian Fields”)) + -an (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 3

From Latin Elysium (from Ancient Greek Ἠλύσιον (Ēlúsion, “Elysium; one of the Elysian Fields”)) + -an (adjective-forming suffix).

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