bliss

  • 21bliss — {{11}}bliss (n.) O.E. blis, also bliðs bliss, merriment, happiness, grace, favor, from P.Gmc. *blithsjo (Cf. O.S. blidsea, blizza), from *blithiz gentle, kind + * tjo noun suffix. Originally mostly of earthly happiness; influenced by association… …

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  • 22Bliss — /blis/, n. 1. Sir Arthur (Edward Drummond), 1891 1975, English composer. 2. Tasker /tas keuhr/ Howard, 1853 1930, U.S. general. * * * (as used in expressions) Bliss Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss Tasker Howard Bliss William Dwight Porter Bowles …

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  • 23Bliss — (as used in expressions) Bliss, Sir Arthur (Edward Drummond) Bliss, Tasker (Howard) Bliss, William D(wight) P(orter) Bowles, Chester (Bliss) …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 24bliss — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ pure, sheer, total ▪ The first six months of marriage were sheer bliss. ▪ domestic ▪ romantic ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 25bliss — [[t]blɪs[/t]] n. 1) supreme happiness 2) heaven; paradise 3) cvb bliss out, inf to experience or fill with bliss • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME blisse, OE bliss, blīths=blīthe blithe+ s suffix bliss′less, adj …

    From formal English to slang

  • 26Bliss — I Blịss   [nach Charles Bliss, * 1897, ✝ 1985] das, , Symbolsprache für nicht sprechende körperbehinderte und mehrfachbehinderte Menschen mit Sprachverständnis. Fehlende Artikulation und gestörte Bewegungsabläufe machen das Lesenlernen oft… …

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  • 27Bliss — This name has two known origins. The first being a dialectually transposed locational name from the village of Blay in Calvados (Normandy) spelt Bleis in 1077, or from the village of Stoke Bliss in Worcestershire, named after a Norman family de… …

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  • 28bliss — I UK [blɪs] / US noun [uncountable] complete happiness marital bliss Two weeks just lying on a hot beach. What bliss! II UK [blɪs] / US verb Phrasal verbs: bliss out …

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  • 29bliss — [OE] Despite its formal and semantic similarity, bliss has no connection with bless. It comes ultimately from Germanic *blīthiz ‘gentle, kind’, which is the source of English blithe ‘happy’ [OE]. The addition of the noun suffix * tjō produced the …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 30bliss — [[t]blɪ̱s[/t]] N UNCOUNT Bliss is a state of complete happiness. It was a scene of such domestic bliss …

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