bliss

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And, though it overwhelmed her, her bliss was there; the golden and the black streams ran together.

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  1. noun Extreme happiness; ecstasy.
  2. noun The ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy.
  3. phrasal verb bliss out Slang To go into a state of ecstasy.

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  • I am living proof that following your bliss is the only way to lead a satisfying life. —  Conflict Zen
  • And so with the panther's foot; and so with the deer's eye, and the wolf's nose, whose one idea of bliss is a good smell; and so with every other strongly marked gift which the wild things have won from nature, chiefly by desiring it, in the long years of their development This theory may possibly account for some of Mooween's peculiarities. —  Wood Folk at School
  • First of all inasmuch as He abides eternally unchangeable in the Father's bliss, which is termed His right hand, according to Ps. —  Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition
  • Up. III, 9, 28), the mere word 'bliss' denotes Brahman, we must conclude that also in such passages as, 'If that bliss existed not in the ether,' the word bliss is used with reference to Brahman, and is not meant to repeat the term 'consisting of bliss.' —  The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1
  • Your bliss is the cause of your silence, so I pardon you. —  Analytical Studies
 

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happiness ·  rapture ·  felicity ·  enjoyment ·  tenderness ·  gladness ·  sorrow ·  tranquillity ·  glory ·  sweetness ·  bless ·  peace
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English blisse, from Old English bliss, from blīths, from blīthe, joyful; see blithe.

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  1. from Middle English blis, blisse, from Anglo-Saxon blis, bliss, contr. of the unusual blīds, blīths (= Old Saxon blīdsea, blītzea, blīzza), joy, from blīthe, joyful, blithe: see blithe, and cf. bless, with which the word has been notionally associated.
 

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