Paradisial
/ˌpærəˈdɪziəl/noun
Relating to or resembling paradise.
Did you know?The Greek word for the Garden of Eden, paradeisos, was borrowed from Old Persian and originally referred to an enclosed royal hunting garden.
Etymological Timeline
Achaemenid Persian, 6th–4th Century BCE
Old Persian
pairidaeza
“An enclosed park, garden, or royal pleasure ground”
Ancient Greek, 4th Century BCE
Greek
paradeisos
“An enclosed park or garden; later, a blessed heavenly garden”
3rd–2nd Century BCE
Septuagint Greek
paradeisos
“The garden of Eden and a place of the blessed”
Late Antiquity
Late Latin
paradisus
“Paradise, especially the heavenly abode of the blessed”
Old French, 11th–12th Century
Old French
paradis
“Heaven or the abode of the blessed”
Modern English
English
paradisial
“Relating to or resembling paradise”
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