blisses

bliss

[blis]
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.
5.
bliss out, Slang.
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.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English blisse, Old English bliss, blīths, equivalent to blīthe blithe + -s suffix

bliss·less, adjective


1. See happiness.


1. misery.
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bliss (blɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  perfect happiness; serene joy
2.  the ecstatic joy of heaven
 
[Old English blīths; related to blītheblithe, Old Saxon blīdsea bliss]
 
'blissless
 
adj

Bliss (blɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Sir Arthur. 1891--1975, British composer; Master of the Queen's Musick (1953--75). His works include the Colour Symphony (1922), film and ballet music, and a cello concerto (1970)

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bliss
O.E. bliðs "bliss, merriment, happiness, grace, favor," from P.Gmc. *blithsjo, from *blithiz "gentle, kind" + *-tjo noun suffix. Associated with blithe (q.v.).
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