Crossword clues for elysian
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elysian \E*ly"sian\, a. [L. Elysius, fr. Elysium.]
Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence,
yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful;
beatific. ``Elysian shades.''
--Massinger. ``Elysian age.''
--Beattie.
This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian.
--Longfellow.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, "pertaining to Elysium (q.v.), the abode of the blessed after death." Hence, "exquisitely happy, full of the highest bliss."
WordNet
adj. relating to the Elysian Fields
resembling paradise; causing happiness; "elysian peace"; "a paradisal place without work or struggle"; "paradisial isles"; "an age of paradisiacal happiness" [syn: paradisiacal, paradisiac, paradisaical, paradisaic, paradisal, paradisial]
of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance" [syn: divine, inspired]
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 276
Land area (2000): 0.881544 sq. miles (2.283188 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.881544 sq. miles (2.283188 sq. km)
FIPS code: 19160
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.199934 N, 93.677301 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56028
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Wikipedia
Elysian, Elysium, or Elysian Fields of Ancient Greek mythology, according to Homer, in the realm of Hades, where mortals related to the gods, the heroic and the virtuous, could rest in a blessed and happy life after death.
Elysian may also refer to:
- Elysian, Chicago, a 60-story skyscraper
- Elysian, Minnesota, United States
- The Elysian, a 19-story skyscraper in Cork, Ireland
- An Elysian Spirit Shield, an item in the MMORPG RuneScape.
- Elysian Brewing Company, a brewery in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Usage examples of "elysian".
I did, but I was standing in the gazebo at Elysian, which is a natural amplifier.
It was as if Elysian was dead, the gardens brown with frostburn, the light in the gazebo gone.
I hid the pearl in Elysian for safekeeping in case I die in the process of bringing the demon out and killing it.
If you stay in Elysian much longer I will have to assess you for residence taxes.
Achmed to look in on Elysian when he got back, to make sure the house and gardens were all right and such.
The Summoner was the directional point, much as the gazebo in Elysian had been.
He knew immediately she must have returned to Elysian, but then a chill swept over him as he realized this might not be the case.
Despite its vulnerability and bad as sociations, Elysian had a comforting feel to it, a sense of home like none she had ever owned.
He had helped her clean house in Elysian, but somehow that had been a pleasure.
Today, however, with modern warp drive systems and expanding trade, the geodesic which skirts the Elysian solar system may become a corridor between the Federation and the farthest extent of the Romulan Neutral Zone, particularly Starbase 32, which lies precariously far from federation neighbors- Whether the non-Federation worlds near the starbase would Provide aid iri an emervnCy is an unknown factor.
Unfortunately, it appeared they would find out very little about the gods and their relationship to the mysterious and dangerous power surges by visiting only the Elysian habitats.
It appears we would be in no violation of Elysian law if we set an away team down on the island, at the foot of the mountain.
The Elysian gods obviously insisted that even visitors from other worlds play by their regulations, something the Enterprise crew had encountered on enough other planets to consider it the rule rather than the exception.
They might be useless now, but he was sure that once he had done whatever the Elysian gods required they would function normally again.
This was simply more evidence that the Elysian gods had analyzed him very thoroughly.