paradisaical

[ par-uh-di-sey-i-kuhl, -zey-, -dahy- ]

adjective

1. paradisiacal.

Other Words From

• par·a·di·sa·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of paradisaical¹

1615–25; paradise + -aic (suffix abstracted from words like prosaic, algebraic, etc.) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

How sleek, smooth-tongued, paradisaical a deluder art thou, sweet Self-conceit!

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I have artistic indigestion;—going to try to dream it away at divine, paradisaical Martinique.

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Bellamys ideas will be partly carried out, but in no paradisaical manner.

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What are a few mosquitoes, more or less, when such paradisaical conditions obtain?

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Indeed, the general conception of paradisaical costume suited Miss Glover very ill.

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