houri
noun
one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.
houris
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pluralof houri.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Instead of the fairy-tale land of kohl-eyed houris and snake charmers, the subcontinent here seems to be a domesticated place of hospital corridors, puddly lanes and gently twittering birds.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since Plautus originally wrote it, this musical is more than 2,000 years old, but the situations are still funny, the houris are delectable, and Zero Mostel is a pluperfect master of the comic revels.
From Time Magazine Archive
A new version of The Nutcracker, with teddy bear dancers as sugar plum fairies, Arabian houris and Chinese pandas, is delicate, funny, winning.
From Time Magazine Archive
Never again, unless we are destined to rejoin our houris in heaven, and to saunter over fields of asphodel in another and a greener youth—never again shall those joys be ours!
From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope
Befoir it was eight houris in the morning, God had gevin unto us boith curage, and a reasonable nomber to withstand thair furie.
From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by David Laing
