paradisiacal

[ par-uh-di-sahy-uh-kuhl, -zahy- ]

/ ˌpær ə dɪˈsaɪ ə kəl, -ˈzaɪ- /

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adjective

of, like, or befitting paradise.

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Also par·a·dis·i·ac

[par-uh-dis-ee-ak], /ˌpær əˈdɪs iˌæk/, paradisaical.

Origin of paradisiacal

First recorded in 1640–50; from Late Latin paradīsiac(us) “relating to paradise” + -al adjective suffix; see origin at paradise, -ac, -al¹

par·a·di·si·a·cal·ly, adverb

But to be well and truly put in your place, jump into that paradisiacal blue for a close encounter with a gentle giant.
It’s a Big, Big World: Sights That Make You Feel Small|Lonely Planet|December 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Our yellow banana, otherwise known as the “dessert banana,” is actually a hybrid scientifically named Musa × paradisiacal.
The Secrets of Hybrid Fruit|Stacey Slate|January 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
We seem to be in some happy land, where the pastoral life should be easy, and even a little paradisiacal.
Egypt (La Mort De Philae)|Pierre Loti
We would gladly linger over these records of a paradisiacal home where Adam and Eve renewed their innocent loves and happy labors.
Louisa May Alcott|Louisa May Alcott

The city of which there is a pattern in heaven (Republic), is here described as a Paradisiacal state of human society.
Statesman|Plato
The women wear a little clothing, but the men disdain even the paradisiacal fig-leaf, and go about in a state of absolute nudity.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone
I have no paradisiacal evening interviews, stolen from the restless cares and prying inhabitants of this weary world.
The Letters of Robert Burns|Robert Burns