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Definitions: Paradisiacal |
ParadisiacalAdjective1. Relating to or befitting paradise; "together in that paradisal place"; "paradisiacal innocense". 2. Resembling paradise; causing happiness; "elysian peace"; "a paradisal place without work or struggle"; "paradisial isles"; "an age of paradisiacal happiness". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "paradisiacal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1792. (references) |
Synonyms: ParadisiacalSynonyms: elysian (adj), paradisaic (adj), paradisaical (adj), paradisal (adj), paradisiac (adj), paradisial (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Heaven | Adjective: heavenly, celestial, supernal, unearthly, from on high, paradisiacal, beatific, elysian. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Paradisiacal |
| English words defined with "paradisiacal": elysian ♦ paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisal, Paradisean, paradisiac, paradisial, Paradisian, Paradisic, Paradisical. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "paradisiacal": Paradisic. (references) |
| "Paradisiacal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Paradisiacal" is used about 3 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "paradisiacal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | parajsor (heavenly), parajse. (various references) | |
French | paradisiaque. (various references) | |
German | paradiesisch (heavenly, paradisiac). (various references) | |
Indonesian | firdausi (heavenly). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aradisiacalpay.(various references) | |
Russian | райский (paradisiac). (various references) | |
Spanish | paradisíaco (heavenly, paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisal, paradisiac). (various references) | |
Turkish | cennete ait (elysian, heavenly, paradisiac), cennet gibi (elysian, idyllic, paradisiac). (various references) | |
Ukranian | райський (empyrean, paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisal, paradisiac). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | như ở thiên đường (paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisiac, paradisial, paradisic, paradisical), cực lạc (paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisiac, paradisial, paradisic, paradisical). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "paradisiacal": paradisiacally. (additional references) | |
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"Paradisiacal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: paradisiac, paradisiaca, paradisical. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: paradisaical. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-c-d-i-i-l-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: paradisical. | |
-2 letters: paradisaic, paradisiac, paradisial. | |
-3 letters: paradisal. | |
-4 letters: arcadias, caldaria, capsidal, carpalia, placards, radialia, radicals. | |
-5 letters: acarids, acrasia, alpacas, apicals, aplasia, apsidal, arcadia, ascarid, ascidia, cardias, carpals, diapirs, picaras, placard, radials, radical, spacial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-a-c-d-i-i-l-p-r-s" | |
+2 letters: paradisaically, paradisiacally. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 72 61 64 69 73 69 61 63 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-. .- -.. .. ... .. .- -.-. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110010 01100001 01100100 01101001 01110011 01101001 01100001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a r a d i s i a c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0072 0061 0064 0069 0073 0069 0061 0063 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)506784677075857567696778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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