[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

paradise \par"adise\ pa^r".adimacs, n. oe.  f.
   paradis, l. paradisus, fr. gr. para`deisos park, paradise,
   fr. zend pairida=eza an inclosure; pairi around akin to
   gr. peri` + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. skr. dih to smear,
   and e. dough. cf. parvis.
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   1. the garden of eden, in which adam and eve were placed
      after their creation.
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   2. the abode of sanctified souls after death.
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            to-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --luke
                                                  xxiii. 43.
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            it sounds to him like her mother's voice,
            singing in paradise.                  --longfellow.
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   3. a place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
      hence, a state of happiness.
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            the earth
            shall be all paradise.                --milton.
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            wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
                                                  --beaconsfield.
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   4. arch. an open space within a monastery or adjoining a
      church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
      before a basilica, etc.
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   5. a churchyard or cemetery. obs. --oxf. gloss.
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   fool's paradise. see under fool, and limbo.

   grains of paradise. bot. see melequeta pepper, under
      pepper.

   paradise bird. zool. same as bird of paradise. among
      the most beautiful species are the superb lophorina
      superba; the magnificent diphyllodes magnifica; and
      the six-shafted paradise bird parotia sefilata. the
      long-billed paradise birds epimachinae also include
      some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
      paradise bird seleucides alba, which is black, yellow,
      and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
      ending in long, slender filaments. see bird of paradise
      in the vocabulary.

   paradise fish zool., a beautiful fresh-water asiatic fish
      macropodus viridiauratus having very large fins. it is
      often kept alive as an ornamental fish.

   paradise flycatcher zool., any flycatcher of the genus
      terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely
      elongated. the adult male of terpsiphone paradisi is
      white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested.

   paradise grackle zool., a very beautiful bird of new
      guinea, of the genus astrapia, having dark velvety
      plumage with brilliant metallic tints.

   paradise nut bot., the sapucaia nut. see sapucaia nut.
      local, u. s.

   paradise whidah bird. zool. see whidah.
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see also:
parvis fool's paradise fool limbo grains of paradise melequeta pepper 
pepper paradise bird bird of paradise lophorina superba diphyllodes magnifica 
parotia sefilata epimachinae seleucides alba paradise fish macropodus viridiauratus 
paradise flycatcher terpsiphone terpsiphone paradisi paradise grackle astrapia 
paradise nut sapucaia nut paradise whidah bird whidah 

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