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Webster 1913 Edition


Bliss

Bliss

(blĭs)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Blisses
(blĭs′ĕz)
.
[OE.
blis
,
blisse
, AS.
blis
,
blīðs
, fr.
blīðe
blithe. See
Blithe
.]
Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.
An then at last our
bliss

Full and perfect is.
Milton.
Syn. – Blessedness; felicity; beatitude; happiness; joy; enjoyment. See
Happiness
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bliss

BLISS

,
Noun.
The highest degree of happiness; blessedness; felicity; used of felicity in general, when of an exalted kind, but appropriately, of heavenly joys.