BLISS

bliss, blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air

(noun) a state of extreme happiness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Bliss

An English surname originating as a nickname.

(rare) A unisex given name from English.

(computing) a programming language used for systems programming primarily on computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation. Bliss is a parallel language to C, both being derived from B and BCPL

A ghost town in California.

A city and town in Idaho.

Etymology

Noun

bliss (countable and uncountable, plural blisses)

perfect happiness

Source: Wiktionary


Bliss, n.; pl. Blisses. Etym: [OE. blis, blisse, AS. blis, bli, fr. bli blithe. See Blithe.]

Definition: Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy. An then at last our bliss Full and perfect is. Milton.

Syn.

– Blessedness; felicity; beatitude; happiness; joy; enjoyment. See Happiness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

15 April 2025

DOOMED

(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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