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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELYSIAN

a.elyzh'un. [L. elysius.] Pertaining to elysium or the seat of delight; yielding the highest pleasures; deliciously soothing; exceedingly delightful; as elysian fields.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ELYSIAN

E *ly "sian, a. Etym: [L. Elysius, fr. Elysium. ]

 

Defn: Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. "Elysian shades. " Massinger. "Elysian age. " Beattie. This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian. Longfellow.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Elysian

E ly sian |iˈliZHən, iˈlē -əˈlɪʒ (i )ən | adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of heaven or paradise: Elysian visions. PHRASES the Elysian Fields another name for Elysium.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Elysian

Elysian |ɪˈlɪzɪən | adjective relating to or characteristic of heaven or paradise: Elysian visions. PHRASES the Elysian Fields another name for Elysium.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

Elysian

Elysian adjective an Elysian vision: heavenly, paradisal, paradisiacal, celestial, divine; literary empyrean.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

Elysian

Elysian adjective an Elysian vision: heavenly, paradisal, paradisiacal, celestial, empyrean, superlunary, divine. ANTONYMS hellish; mundane.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Elysian

E ly si an /ɪlɪ́ʒən |-ziən /形容詞 1 Elysiumの .2 この上なく幸福な, 至福の .~̀ F elds the Elysium .