Dictionary entry

Elysian

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.