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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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
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
You see," said the Sultan, "she is more beautiful than any other woman you have ever beheld; fairer than the houris of your dreams!
From Oriental Women by Edward Bagby Pollard
Among the twenty or so young ladies at our hotel, were two who would attract the attention and excite the admiration of any assemblage, two sisters from Chicago, beautiful as houris.
From The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton by Wardon Allan Curtis
