Word Meanings - PARADISE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. Oxf. Gloss. Fool's paradise. See under Fool, and Limbo. -- Grains of paradise.

Additional info about word: PARADISE

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. Oxf. Gloss. Fool's paradise. See under Fool, and Limbo. -- Grains of paradise. See Melequeta pepper, under Pepper. -- Paradise bird. Same as Bird of paradise. Among the most beautiful species are the superb ; the magnificent ; and the six-shafted paradise bird (Parotia sefilata). The long-billed paradise birds also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird , 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 , a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. -- Paradise flycatcher , any flycatcher of the genus Terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of T. paradisi is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. -- Paradise grackle , a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus Astrapia, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. (more info) para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairidaeza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, 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.

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• UNDERPROP
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