Eden
noun
(in the Bible) the paradise where Adam and Eve lived.
Edenic
-
a word derived from
Eden.
Example Sentences
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As the world entered the tumultuous ’30s—a decade of avid modernism, economic upheaval and creeping fascism—the autochrome aesthetic was suddenly too rose-colored, its saturated light too Edenic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
It’s a vision that feels almost Edenic: two creations living in sunlit obscurity, eating fruit from the trees, sleeping on beds of leaves, wanting nothing more than to be left alone.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025
Fiercely devoted to her mother, she is imprinted with the immutable desire to survive and somehow, some way, return to her Edenic home.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
His destination is Ireland, working off little more than a rumor that an Edenic safe haven isn’t far over the horizon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
Indeed, this Edenic world was largely an inadvertent European creation.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
