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Webster 1913 Edition
Bliss
Bliss
(blĭs)
, Noun.
pl.
Blisses
(blĭs′ĕz)
. Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.
An then at last our
Full and perfect is.
bliss
Full and perfect is.
Milton.
Syn. – Blessedness; felicity; beatitude; happiness; joy; enjoyment. See
Happiness
. Webster 1828 Edition
Bliss
BLISS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Bliss
Bliss
See also: bliss
English
Proper noun
Bliss
- An English surname originating as a nickname.
- (rare) A male or female given name.
- 2008 Joyce Carol Oates, My Sister, My Love, HarperCollins, ISBN 978-0-06-154748-5, page 97:
- "Mother doesn't seem to especially like her little granddaughter as it is, even named 'Edna Louise'. D'you think she's going to like her better, named 'Bliss' like some sexpot pop star or some Indian-mystic ****-charlatan?"
- Betsey winced. "Bliss" was a beautiful name!
- 2008 Joyce Carol Oates, My Sister, My Love, HarperCollins, ISBN 978-0-06-154748-5, page 97:
- (computing) a programming language used for systems programming primarily on computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation. Bliss is a parallel language to C, both being derived from B and BCPL
- A ghost town in California.
- A city/town in Idaho.
bliss
bliss
See also: Bliss
English
Noun
bliss (countable and uncountable, plural blisses)
- perfect happiness
Derived terms
terms derived from bliss (noun)
Translations
perfect happiness
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Old English
Etymology
From bliðs, from Proto-Germanic *blīþisjō, from *blīþiz (“gentle, kind”) + -tjo. See also blithe.
Noun
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