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Definition of Elysian
1. Adjective. Relating to the Elysian Fields.
2. Adjective. Being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods. "An inspired performance"
Definition of Elysian
1. a. Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific.
Definition of Elysian
1. Proper noun. ''(Classical mythology)'' Elysium; home of the blessed, after death. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Elysian or Elysium, the location. ¹
3. Adjective. (idiomatic) happy Happy, blissful, heavenly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elysian
1. delightful [adj] - See also: delightful
Medical Definition of Elysian
1. Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. "Elysian shades." . "Elysian age." "This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian." (Longfellow) Origin: L. Elysius, fr. Elysium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elysian
| eluxation elvan elvanite elvanites elvans elve elven elver elvers elves | elvish elvishly elwand elwands elyite elysian elysium elytra elytral elytriform | elytrin elytroid elytron elytrotomies elytrotomy elytrous elytrum elæon |
Literary usage of Elysian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems by Edward Sandford Martin (1914)
"IN THE Elysian FIELDS WHAT ? You here! Why, old man, I never Felt more surprise
or more delight; Who would have dreamt that you would ever Parade around in ..."
2. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1897)
"IN WHICH WE STILL HOVER ABOUT THE Elysian FIELDS. HE describer and biographer of
my friend Mr. Philip Fir- min has tried to extenuate nothing ; and, I hope, ..."
3. The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought by Robert Browning, W. Tyas Harden, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harry Buxton Forman, William Groser (1880)
"THE Elysian FIELDS. I AM not forgetful in this dreary scene of the country which
whilst I lived iu the upper air, it was my whole aim to illustrate and ..."
4. Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use; a Study in Survivals by Daniel Berkeley Updike (1922)
"The ancients carried this notion even yet further, and supposed their heroes, in
the Elysian fields, were fond of the very same WHEW the exertions of an ..."
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