elysian

4 definitions found

elysian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Elysian \E*ly"sian\, a. [L. Elysius, fr. Elysium.]
     Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence,
     yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful;
     beatific. "Elysian shades." --Massinger. "Elysian age."
     --Beattie.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           This life of mortal breath
           Is but a suburb of the life elysian.     --Longfellow.
     [1913 Webster]

elysian - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  elysian
      adj 1: relating to the Elysian Fields
      2: being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration
         by the gods; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine
         Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance"
         [syn: divine, elysian, inspired]

elysian - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Elysian, MN (city, FIPS 19160)
    Location: 44.19997 N, 93.67707 W
    Population (1990): 445 (208 housing units)
    Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 56028

elysian - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "Elysian":
     Olympian, beatific, beatified, blessed, blissful, celestial,
     divine, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, extramundane,
     extraterrestrial, from on high, glorified, heavenly, in glory,
     otherworldly, paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisial,
     paradisian, paradisic, saintly, sublime, supernal, transcendental,
     transmundane, unearthly, unworldly