Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Source : WordNet®
elysian
adj 1: relating to the Elysian Fields
2: 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}]
3: 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}]