Blissfulness

Blissfulness
Blissful Bliss"ful, a. Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity; happy in the highest degree. ``Blissful solitude.'' --Milton. -- {Bliss"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Bliss"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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