資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr.
Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[=e]za an
inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. ?) + diz to throw up,
pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.]
1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
after their creation.
2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
xxiii. 43.
It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in
Paradise. --Longfellow.
3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
hence, a state of happiness.
The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton.
Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
--Beaconsfield.
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.
5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
{Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}.
{Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under
{Pepper}.
{Paradise bird}. (Zo["o]l.) 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 ({Epimachin[ae]}) 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} (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic
fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins.
It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
{Paradise flycatcher} (Zo["o]l.), any flycatcher of the genus
{Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely
elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with
the head glossy dark green, and crested.
{Paradise grackle} (Zo["o]l.), 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}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Whidah}.