E*ly"sian (?), a. [L. Elysius, fr. Elysium.]

Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific.

"Elysian shades." Massinger. "Elysian age."

Beattie.

This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian. Longfellow.

 

© Webster 1913.

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