imparadise

[ im-par-uh-dahys ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, im·par·a·dised, im·par·a·dis·ing.

imparadise

/ ɪmˈpærədaɪs /

First recorded in 1585–95; im- ¹ + paradise

The day was golden—the music swelled in those long, delicious chords, which imparadise the moment, and make life poetry.

So she who doth imparadise my soul, Had drawn the veil from off our pleasant life, And bar'd the truth of poor mortality; When lo!

Here the woods, mountains, and waters of Rydal imparadise the abode of the wisest of nature's bards, with whom poetry is religion.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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