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Webster 1913 Edition
Elysian
E-ly′sian
,Adj.
[L.
Elysius
, fr. Elysium
.] 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
Is but a suburb of the life
elysian
. Longfellow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Elysian
ELYS'IAN
,Adj.
Definition 2024
Elysian
Elysian
English
Proper noun
Elysian
- (Classical mythology) Elysium; home of the blessed, after death.
Adjective
Elysian (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Elysian or Elysium, the location.
- (idiomatic) Happy, blissful, heavenly.
- James Beattie, The Minstrel
- O who of man the story will unfold, / Ere victory and empire wrought annoy, / In that elysian age (misnam'd of gold) / The age of love, and innocence and joy […]
- 1913. Charles George Herbermann, The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work..., Encyclopedia Press, page 573:
- Unlike Raphael's "Galatea" and his "Three Graces", examples of Elysian happiness in a race in the state of innocence, Guilano's decorations resemble saturnalia of lubricity itself.
- James Beattie, The Minstrel