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Definition: Bliss |
BlissNoun1. A state of extreme happiness. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bliss" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Bliss \Bliss\ (bl[i^]s), noun; plural Blisses(bl[i^]s"[e^]z). [Old English blis, blisse, Anglo-Saxon blis, bl[=i][eth]s, from bl[=i][eth]e blithe. See Blithe.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | BLISS Basic Language for Implementation of System Software. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Born in 1891 of an English father and American mother, Arthur Bliss was destined to display characteristics of both nations, his profound romanticism balanced by an unquenchable energy and optimism. After studying at the Royal College of Music under Stanford, he served as an infantry officer in the First World War.With the return of peace , Bliss’ career took off rapidly as a composer of what were, for British audiences, startlingly new pieces often for unusual ensembles, such as a concerto for wordless tenor voice, piano and strings, and ‘Rout’ for soprano and chamber orchestra, in which the voice sings phonetic sounds rather than words. Much of his early music shows the influence of Stravinsky and Debussy . A landmark was his ‘Colour Symphony’ of 1922 which explores the idea of the musical associations of different colours.
From the late twenties onwards Bliss moved more into the traditional English scene with choral works such as ‘Pastoral’ and ‘Morning Heroes’, and in the 1930s he wrote the music for the film ‘Things to Come’ and the ballet ‘Checkmate’. Bliss was always an ambitious, prolific composer, and some of his works were clearly intended for a wider international audience than they actually received. The ‘Introduction and Allegro’ and the Piano Concerto are examples, the concerto being premiered by Solomon at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
During the Second World War Bliss became Director of Music at the BBC, and formed ideas which led to the division of music broadcasting into categories after the war, such as the present day radios 1 and 3. In 1953 he was appointed to succeed Arnold Bax as Master of the Queen’s music.
The post-war period illustrates Bliss’ curious failure to attain the success he aimed for. His opera ‘The Olympians’ despite a full-scale production at Covent garden, was not popular, his oratorio ‘the Beatitudes’ was forgotten beside the success of Britten’s ‘War Requiem’ at the 1962 Coventry festival, and his cello concerto, written for the great Russian cellist Rostropovich to play at the Aldeburgh Festival, was overshadowed by those of Britten and Lutoslawski. Bliss recorded fine interpretations of several of his major works, but they were not taken up widely by other conductors. His swansong, ‘Metamorphic Variations’, a large orchestral work, was first performed in 1972, but not by the great Stokowski as Bliss had hoped.
Since his death Bliss’ music has undergone a modest revival on radio and recordings, but his reputation remains insecure. His music undoubtedly has a personality of its own and is loved by its adherents. .
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Arthur Bliss."
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Bliss is a synonym for happiness. Bliss is also the name of a computer virus for the Linux operating system.See also: List of Linux computer viruses
External links
- F-Secures Website: Linux/Bliss
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bliss."
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BLISS is a system programming language developed at Carnegie-Mellon by W. A. Wulf, D. B. Russel, and A. N. Habermann around 1970. It was the perhaps the best known systems programming language right up until C made its debut a few years later. Since then, C took off and BLISS faded into obscurity. (When C was in its infancy, a few projects within Bell Labs were debating the merits of BLISS vs. C.)Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "BLISS."
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Bliss is a city located in Gooding County, Idaho. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 275.Geography
Bliss is located at 42°55'34" North, 114°56'55" West (42.926123, -114.948697)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²). 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 275 people, 114 households, and 64 families residing in the city. The population density is 204.2/km² (531.8/mi²). There are 147 housing units at an average density of 109.1/km² (284.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 82.18% White, 2.18% African American, 1.82% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 12.73% from other races, and 1.09% from two or more races. 27.64% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 114 households out of which 33.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.1% are married couples living together, 12.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 43.0% are non-families. 40.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.41 and the average family size is 3.34. In the city the population is spread out with 30.9% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $25,313, and the median income for a family is $32,500. Males have a median income of $29,821 versus $14,375 for females. The per capita income for the city is $10,731. 12.2% of the population and 11.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 13.6% are under the age of 18 and 4.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bliss, Idaho."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BLISS | English | Basic language for implementation of system software | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: BlissSynonyms: blissfulness (n), cloud nine (n), seventh heaven (n), walking on air (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Heaven | Paradise, Eden, Zion, abode of the blessed; celestial bliss, glory. |
Olympus; Elysium, Elysian fields, Arcadia, bowers of bliss, garden of the Hesperides, third heaven; Valhalla, Walhalla (Scandinavian); Nirvana (Buddhist); happy hunting grounds; Alfardaws, Assama; Falak al aflak "the highest heaven" (Mohammedan). | |
Pleasure | Happiness, felicity, bliss; beautification; enchantment, transport, rapture, ravishment, ecstasy; summum bonum; paradise, elysium; ( heaven); third heaven, seventh heaven, cloud nine; unalloyed happiness; hedonics, hedonism. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bliss |
| English words defined with "bliss": ageless ♦ blessed, Blisses, Blissless ♦ ecstasy, eden, eternal, everlasting ♦ Heaven ♦ nirvana ♦ paradise, perpetual, Prelibation, Promised Land ♦ rapture ♦ Shangri-la, So as ♦ unceasing, unending. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bliss": Agdistes, ALGOL 68S, ALgorIthmic ASsembly language, Application Executive ♦ BLISS-10, BLISS-32, Bower of Bliss ♦ Canoe, Concert ♦ Elderberries ♦ Guyon ♦ Horse ♦ INSCRIPTION, ISPL ♦ Lamp ♦ Mosquito, Mother ♦ Odd-Fellow, OPS5 ♦ Rain, Real Jam ♦ Wheels. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ignorance is bliss. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) No. I didn't feel the bliss of enlightenment (Wo hu cang long; writing credit: Hui-Ling Wang) But there arriving she is sure of bliss, and forever dwells in paradise (Lady Jane; writing credit: Chris Bryant; David Edgar) Follow your bliss jack (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) Do you have the Bliss pellets (Aeon Flux; writing credit: Mario Sábato) | |
Lyrics | Cuz I want to decide between survival and bliss (Precious Illusions; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) Why must we go on hating, why can't we live in bliss (Peace Train; performing artist: Cat Stevens) It’s perpetual bliss ("This Kiss"; performing artist: Faith Hill) I lift my head proud, the feeling is bliss (Flipper Twist; performing artist: Flipper) When you know it holds such bliss (Jesus To A Child; performing artist: George Michael) | |
Clever | If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968) Bliss (1967) A Life of Bliss (1960) Wedded Bliss (1944) A Bundle of Bliss (1940) | |
Song Titles | Set Adrift On Memory Bliss (performing artist: P.M. Dawn) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Sanitary Toilet Project. / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Paul S. Bliss.. |  | Jack Bliss. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Pawnee Indian camp 101 Ranch, Bliss, Okla. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sealing their bliss. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Bliss. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | E.W. Bliss Mansion, Shore Drive, Brooklyn, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Exterior of workshop and portable windmill for grinding grain on land to be optioned near Ithaca, New York, Tompkins County. Twenty years ago the farmer backed into his wife with their Model T Ford. This was fatal to their conjugal bliss. She made him mov. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Millay, Edna St. Vincent, Miss, with Bliss Carman and George Sterling, portrait photograph. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Carman, Bliss, Mr., portrait photograph. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mrs. Cornelius N. Bliss, residence in Wheatley Heights, Long Island, New York. Entrance foyer. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Bliss" by Elle Jiang Commentary: "Moutain/lake." | "Oh my goodness" by Jp Vooys Commentary: "Bliss captured in a smile." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal | They whose sole bliss is eating can give but that one brutish reason why they live. |
Benserade | In bed we laugh; in bed we cry; in bed are born; in bed we die; the near approach the bed doth show, of human bliss to human woe. |
Christopher Marlowe | That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown. |
John Milton | These two imparadised in one another's arms, the happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill of bliss on bliss. |
Oliver Goldsmith | Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, that found me poor at first, and keep me so. |
Thomas Gray | Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Nevertheless Caesar de Bus is in bliss and Voltaire is in torment |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The particular judgment was over and the soul had passed to the abode of bliss or to the prison of purgatory or had been hurled howling into hell |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INSCRIPTION, n. Something written on another thing. Inscriptions are of many kinds, but mostly memorial, intended to commemorate the fame of some illustrious person and hand down to distant ages the record of his services and virtues. To this class of inscriptions belongs the name of John Smith, penciled on the Washington monument. Following are examples of memorial inscriptions on tombstones: (See EPITAPH.) "In the sky my soul is found, And my body in the ground. By and by my body'll rise To my spirit in the skies, Soaring up to Heaven's gate. 1878." "Sacred to the memory of Jeremiah Tree. Cut down May 9th, 1862, aged 27 yrs. 4 mos. and 12 ds. Indigenous." "Affliction sore long time she boar, Phisicians was in vain, Till Deth released the dear deceased And left her a remain. Gone to join Ananias in the regions of bliss." "The clay that rests beneath this stone As Silas Wood was widely known. Now, lying here, I ask what good It was to let me be S. Wood. O Man, let not ambition trouble you, Is the advice of Silas W." "Richard Haymon, of Heaven. Fell to Earth Jan. 20, 1807, and had the dust brushed off him Oct. 3, 1874." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Bliss" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 81.09% of the time. "Bliss" is used about 312 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 81.09% | 253 | 18,652 |
| Noun (proper) | 13.46% | 42 | 52,864 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.88% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.92% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.64% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 312 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "bliss" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bliss | Last name | 7,000 | 1,942 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| India | Bliss Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals India |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Bliss, ID (city, FIPS 8470) 2. Bliss, NY |
Expressions using "bliss": bliss Corner ♦ celestial bliss ♦ Fort Bliss ♦ single bliss ♦ wedded bliss. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "bliss": BLISS-10, BLISS-11, BLISS-16C, BLISS-32, BLISS-36, Bliss-guest, bliss-noise, bliss-out. | |
Ending with "bliss": non-bliss. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bliss | 746 | bliss cosmetic | 36 |
fort bliss federal credit union | 292 | ignorance is bliss | 34 |
bliss ellis | 240 | baby bliss | 33 |
bliss spa | 229 | bliss blues ellis varsity | 32 |
fort bliss | 210 | bliss magazine | 30 |
bobbi bliss | 139 | bliss credit federal ft union | 28 |
bliss credit fort union | 91 | bliss salon | 28 |
ft bliss | 90 | ft bliss tx | 26 |
bliss lab | 80 | fort bliss tx | 24 |
harmony bliss | 76 | debbie bliss yarn | 24 |
bliss wedding | 75 | ft bliss texas | 24 |
paper bliss | 68 | bliss club | 22 |
bambi bliss | 66 | bliss ellis picture | 22 |
bliss ellis paul walker | 62 | bliss box | 22 |
fort bliss texas | 61 | bliss glennon | 21 |
bliss screensaver | 52 | bliss new spa york | 21 |
debbie bliss | 48 | bliss fcu fort | 20 |
bliss mature | 45 | bliss ny | 18 |
bliss oxygen | 40 | bliss extra | 17 |
bliss 66 | 40 | bliss tulasi | 17 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "bliss"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | lumturi (felicity, happiness), hare (gaiety, gladness, joy). (various references) | |
Arabic | منتهى سعادة, الهناء, النعيم (happiness, heaven), الجنة (heaven, paradise). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | щастие (blessedness, felicity, fortune, happiness, luck, rejoicing, speed, star), блаженство (beatitude, benediction, blessedness, felicity, heaven). (various references) | |
Chinese | 极乐 (Blisses). (various references) | |
Czech | blaho (paradise, welfare, well). (various references) | |
Farsi | سعادت (Felicity, Paradise, Welfare), خوشی (Cheer, Curvet, Delight, Felicity, Gala, Glee, Gust, Hilarity, Jamboree, Jollification, Jollity, Joviality, Joy, Joyance, Lark, Mirth, Paradise, Pleasure, Ploy, Splurge, Spree), برکت (Benediction, Felicity). (various references) | |
Finnish | autuus (beatitude, blessedness, salvation). (various references) | |
French | bonheur suprême, bonheur absolu, béatitude, félicité. (various references) | |
German | glück (auspiciousness, beatitudes, chance, felicity, fortunateness, fortune, good luck, happiness, luck, luckiness, mercy, prosperity). (various references) | |
Greek | ευδαιμονία (blessedness, felicity). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אשר עלאי (felicity), אשר (beatitude, felicity, happiness, luck, that, well being, which, who). (various references) | |
Hungarian | boldogság (beatitude, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, rejoicing, weal). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kenikmatan (amenity, enjoyment), kebarakahan, kebahagiaan (bless, blissfulness, happiness, well being). (various references) | |
Italian | beatitudine (beatitude). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 幸福に浸る (to swim in bliss), 勝楽 (Cakrasamvara, Samvara, Supreme Bliss). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょうらく (Cakrasamvara, Samvara, Supreme Bliss), こうふくにひたる (to swim in bliss). (various references) | |
Korean | 행복 (Blisses, HAPPINESS). (various references) | |
Manx | eunys 2 (delight, joy, pleasure, rapture), eunys (delight, Eunice, joy, pleasure, rapture). (various references) | |
Norwegian | lykksalig. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | issblay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | bem-aventurança (blessedness, blessing, paradise), beatitude (beatitude), felicidade (felicity, happiness, joy, luck, luckiness, paradise, prosperity, sunshine, weal, welfare, well-being), alegria (cheer, conviviality, delight, enjoyment, exhilaration, exultancy, felicity, frolic, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, hilarity, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, jubilance, jubilation, light-heartedness, merriment, mirth, pleasure, rejoicing, sunshine, vivacity, whoopee), êxtase (ecstasy, flight, intoxication, rapture, ravishment, trance, transport). (various references) | |
Romanian | beatitudine (beatitude), fericire (blessedness, blessing, felicity, happiness, joy, luckiness, prize, welfare, well), extaz (ecstasy, ecstatic fit, enthusiasm, rapture, trance). (various references) | |
Russian | блаженство (beatitude, felicity). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | blaženstvo (beatification, beatitude, blessedness, felicity, glory). (various references) | |
Spanish | beatitud (beatitude, blessedness). (various references) | |
Swedish | salighet (beatitude, blessedness, glory), sällhet (felicity, happiness), lycksalighet. (various references) | |
Thai | ความสุขสำราญอันสุดยอด. (various references) | |
Turkish | mutluluktan uçma (euphoria), mutluluk (blissfulness, elation, felicity, glory, happiness, heaven, Nirvana, sense of well-being, smiles, weal, welfare, well being), keyif (cheer, conviviality, delight, enchantment, exhilaration, glee, high spirits, humor, humour, joviality, joy, Kef, pleasure, rejoicing, temper). (various references) | |
Turkmen | rдhnet (well-being). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | блаженство (beatitude, blessedness, dream, rapt). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | niềm vui sướng nhất, hạnh phúc (blissful, felicitous, felicity, luckiness, mercy, weal, wealth, welfare, well-being). (various references) | |
Welsh | gwynfyd (beatitude, blessedness), dedwyddwch (happiness). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | la, sil. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | bletsung, eadignes, hyht. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bliss": blissed, blisses, blissful, blissfully, blissfulness, blissfulnesses, blissing. (additional references) | |
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"Bliss" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Baldisis, bilis, Bilqis, Biss, blais, blass, Blaszk, bles, blis, blish, blisk, blisse, blist, Blists, Bliz, bloss, boloisms, Bolsius, briss, Fliss, iblis, Klisz, lbis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bliss" (pronounced bli"s) |
| 3 | -l i" s | Lis. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-i-l-s-s" | |
-1 letter: libs, sibs. | |
-2 letters: bis, lib, lis, sib, sis. | |
-3 letters: bi, is, li, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i-l-s-s" | |
+1 letter: basils, sibyls. | |
+2 letters: abseils, bibless, blissed, blisses, bossily, brasils, ribless, subsoil. | |
+3 letters: astilbes, baalisms, basilisk, bastiles, beslimes, besmiles, biblists, bilsteds, biolyses, biolysis, blasties, blessing, blissful, blissing, blisters, bodiless, bolshies, brassily, brimless, bristles, bristols, disables, glibness, issuable, issuably, kissable, kissably, kolbasis, kolbassi, lesbians, limbless, limbuses, misbills, missable, obelises, obelisks, obelisms, passible, possible, possibly, risibles, sawbills, seisable, sensible, sensibly, siblings, slobbish, stabiles, stablish, strobils, subfiles, sublimes, sublines, subskill, subsoils. | |
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