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bliss | eden |

As a proper noun bliss

is originating as a nickname.

As a noun eden is

eden (earthly paradise).

bliss

English

Noun

  • perfect happiness
  • Derived terms

    * blissful * blissless * bliss ninny * blissed up * follow one's bliss * ignorance is bliss

    eden

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , perhaps from (etyl) e-den "Steppe, garden".

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia
  • * :
  • And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden ; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
  • (by extension) A paradise on Earth; a state of innocence
  • Various place names
  • , probably derived from a place name.
  • * 1896 , H G Wells, The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham
  • It was no good. I felt beyond all question that I was indeed Eden , not Elvesham. But Eden in Elvesham's body!
  • .
  • * 1986 Barbara Vine ( =Ruth Rendell): A Dark-Adapted Eye : page 35:
  • We call Edith Eden now because that is what she called herself before she could pronounce 'th'. It is rather a lovely name, I think. Edith sounds like someone's old aunt. I can't think why Mother and Father chose it.

    Derived terms

    * Edenic

    Anagrams

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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) meaning "Great river".

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
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