paradisaical

paradisaical
/par'euh di say"i keuhl, -zay"-, -duy-/, adj.
paradisiacal.
Also, paradisaic.
[1615-25; PARADISE + -aic (suffix abstracted from words like prosaic, algebraic, etc.) + -AL1]

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