Paradisiacal

Paradisiacal
Paradisiac Par`a*dis"i*ac, Paradisiacal Par`a*di*si"a*cal, a. [L. paradisiacus.] Of or pertaining to paradise; suitable to, or like, paradise; paradisaic. --C. Kingsley. --T. Burnet. ``A paradisiacal scene.'' --Pope. [1913 Webster]

The valley . . . is of quite paradisiac beauty. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]


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