cloud nine
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noun Informal.
a state of perfect happiness (usually in the phrase on cloud nine).
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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Origin of cloud nine
First recorded in 1955–60
Words nearby cloud nine
cloud grass, cloudland, cloud layer, cloudless, cloudlet, cloud nine, cloud over, Cloud Peak, cloud physics, cloud rack, clouds
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