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bliss

  [blis]
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–noun
1. supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
2. Theology. the joy of heaven.
3. heaven; paradise: the road to eternal bliss.
4. Archaic. a cause of great joy or happiness.
—Idiom
5. Slang. bliss out,
a. to experience bliss or euphoria: Just give them some bean sprouts and a little tofu and they bliss out.
b. to cause to become blissful or euphoric: a recording guaranteed to bliss out every Mozart fan.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME blisse, OE bliss, blīths, equiv. to blīthe blithe + -s suffix

Related forms:
blissless, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See happiness.

Antonyms:
1. misery.
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Word Origin & History

bliss 
O.E. bliðs, from P.Gmc. *blithsjo, from *blithiz "gentle, kind" + -tjo noun suffix. Associated with blithe (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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