Elysian
[ih-lizh-uh n, ih-lee-zhuh n]
adjective
of, relating to, or resembling Elysium.
blissful; delightful.
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Elysian
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Elysian
1570s, from Greek Elysion pedion "Elysian field," where heroes and the virtuous live after death, from a pre-Greek word of unknown origin.
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