paradisiacal

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

adjective

1. of, like, or befitting paradise.

Other Words From

• para·di·sia·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of paradisiacal¹

First recorded in 1640–50; from Late Latin paradīsiac(us) “relating to paradise” + -al adjective suffix; paradise, -ac, -al ¹

Example Sentences

But to be well and truly put in your place, jump into that paradisiacal blue for a close encounter with a gentle giant.

From The Daily Beast

Our yellow banana, otherwise known as the “dessert banana,” is actually a hybrid scientifically named Musa × paradisiacal.

From The Daily Beast

We seem to be in some happy land, where the pastoral life should be easy, and even a little paradisiacal.

From Project Gutenberg

We would gladly linger over these records of a paradisiacal home where Adam and Eve renewed their innocent loves and happy labors.

From Project Gutenberg

The city of which there is a pattern in heaven (Republic), is here described as a Paradisiacal state of human society.

From Project Gutenberg

The women wear a little clothing, but the men disdain even the paradisiacal fig-leaf, and go about in a state of absolute nudity.

From Project Gutenberg

I have no paradisiacal evening interviews, stolen from the restless cares and prying inhabitants of this weary world.

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