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Paradise

Par′a-dise

(păr′ȧ-dīs)
,
Noun.
[OE. & F.
paradis
, L.
paradisus
, fr. Gr.
παράδεισοσ
park, paradise, fr. Zend
pairidaēza
an inclosure;
pairi
around (akin to Gr.
περί
) +
diz
to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr.
dih
to smear, and E.
dough
. Cf.
Parvis
.]
1.
The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.
2.
The abode of sanctified souls after death.
To-day shalt thou be with me in
paradise
.
Luke xxiii. 43.
It sounds to him like her mother’s voice,
Singing in
Paradise
.
Longfellow.
3.
A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness.
The earth
Shall be all
paradise
.
Milton.
Wrapt in the very
paradise
of some creative vision.
Beaconsfield.
4.
(Arch.)
An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
5.
A churchyard or cemetery.
[Obs.]
Oxf. Gloss.
Fool's paradise
.
See under
Fool
, and
Limbo
.
–
Grains of paradise
.
(Bot.)
See
Melequeta pepper
, under
Pepper
.
–
Paradise bird
.
(Zool.)
Same as
Bird of paradise
. Among the most beautiful species are the superb (
Lophorina superba
); the magnificent (
Diphyllodes magnifica
); and the six-shafted paradise bird (
Parotia sefilata
). The long-billed paradise birds (
Epimachinæ
) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird (
Seleucides alba
), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See
Bird of paradise
in the Vocabulary.
–
Paradise fish
(Zool.)
,
a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish (
Macropodus viridiauratus
) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
–
Paradise flycatcher
(Zool.)
,
any flycatcher of the genus
Terpsiphone
, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of
Terpsiphone paradisi
is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested.
–
Paradise grackle
(Zool.)
,
a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus
Astrapia
, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
–
Paradise nut
(Bot.)
,
the sapucaia nut. See
Sapucaia nut
.
[Local, U. S.]
–
Paradise whidah bird
.
(Zool.)
See
Whidah
.

Par′a-dise

(păr′ȧ-dīs)
,
Verb.
T.
To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.
[R.]
Marston.

Webster 1828 Edition

Paradise

PAR'ADISE

,
Noun.
[Gr.] The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed immediately after their creation.
1.
A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight.
The earth
Shall all be paradise--
2.
Heaven, the blissful seat of sanctified souls after death.
This day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Luke 23.
3.
Primarily, in Persia, a pleasure-garden with parks and other appendages.

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