paradise
/ˈpæɹədɑes/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Living in paradise comes with a price."
- "And Jesus said unto him [the malefactor], Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise."
- "This employment I considered as the only satisfaction I could offer to the memory of your unfortunate mother, and I flatter myself that if she could look down, it would give her angelic mind pleasure even in paradise, to behold me instilling into the minds of her children, sentiments congenial with her own."
- "The imagination of the Hindoo paints his Swergas as "profuse of bliss," and all the joys of sense are collected in the Paradise of the Mussulman."
- "He hears his daughter's voice, / Singing in the village choir, / And it makes his heart rejoice. / It sounds to him like her mother's voice, / Singing in Paradise!"
- "I believe the soul in Paradise must enjoy something nearer to a perpetual adulthood than to any other state we know."
Etymology
From Middle English paradis, paradise, paradys, from Late Old English paradīs, borrowed from Old French paradis, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Doublet of parvis. Displaced Old English neorxnawang.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: paradis, paradīs, paradīsus, παράδεισος, *paridayjah
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpæɹədɑes/
- British English: /ˈpæɹədaɪs/
Usage
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Synonyms
Heaven
earthly paradise
rose garden
imparadise
entrance
bewitch
Eden
Shangri-La
Peach Blossom Spring
utopia
Arcadia
Arcady