paradisiacal

Learned borrowing from Latin paradīsiacus + -al.

• IPA^(key): /pæɹədɪˈsaɪəkəl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəkəl

paradisiacal (comparative more paradisiacal, superlative most paradisiacal)

1. Of or resembling paradise.

   Synonym: paradisiac

   Hyponym: Edenic

   • 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter V, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 102:

     I read and re-read her letter, and some softened feelings stole into my heart, and dared to whisper paradisiacal dreams of love and joy; but the apple was already eaten, and the angel's arm bared to drive me from all hope.

   • 1842, Joseph Smith, Articles of Faith:

     We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.

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