paradisiacal

Learned borrowing from Latin paradīsiacus + -al.

• IPA^(key): /pæɹədɪˈsaɪəkəl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəkəl

paradisiacal (comparative more paradisiacal, superlative most paradisiacal)

1. Of or resembling paradise.

   Synonym: paradisiac

   Hyponym: Edenic

   • 1842, Joseph Smith, Articles of Faith:

     We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.

• paradisaical