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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

paradisiaco

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pa.ra.diˈziː.a.ko

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Paradisiacal/ˌpær.ə.dɪˈsaɪ.ə.kəl/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il mare aveva un colore paradisiaco."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Possessing the characteristics of, or resembling, paradise; supremely blissful, beautiful, or idyllic.

    "They spent their honeymoon relaxing on a paradisiacal island with crystal-clear waters."
  2. 2

    Relating to or characteristic of the biblical paradise or Garden of Eden.

    "Early explorers often described newly discovered tropical lands in paradisiacal terms."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word 'paradisiacus', stemming from the ancient Greek 'paradeisiakos', rooted in 'paradeisos' meaning 'park' or 'garden of Eden'. It entered the English language in the mid-17th century to describe places or states possessing supreme bliss and beauty reminiscent of paradise.

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