paradisiacal

adjective

par·​a·​di·​si·​a·​cal ˌper-ə-də-ˈsī-ə-kəl 

-ˌdī-,

-ˈzī-,

ˌpa-rə-

variants or paradisiac

ˌper-ə-ˈdi-zē-ˌak 

-sē-,

ˌpa-rə--

: of, relating to, or resembling paradise

paradisiacally

ˌper-ə-də-ˈsī-ə-k(ə-)lē 

-ˌdī-

-ˈzī-

ˌpa-rə

adverb

Examples of paradisiacal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

They are scheduled to go on a bike ride to a tortoise sanctuary, ending the trip with a paradisiacal beach picnic. —Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025

His naïve younger brother, Gustavo (Eros de la Puente), finds a way to join him, and for a while the two enjoy a paradisiacal, summer-camp-like freedom. —Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024

And although the country was under military dictatorship, the Paiva home, in walking distance of a paradisiacal beach, was something of a sanctuary. —Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024

The exhibition, officially titled Rachel Feinstein: The Miami Years, is a hauntingly paradisiacal and unapologetically personal retrospective. —Nick Remsen, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

paradisiac borrowed from Late Latin paradīsiacus, borrowed from Late Greek paradeisiakós, from Greek parádeisos paradise + -iakos, adjective suffix (from -i-, noun stem ending + -akos, variant of -ikos -ic entry 1 after nouns stems ending in -i-); paradisiacal from Late Latin paradīsiacus + -al entry 1, or from paradisiac + -al entry 1

First Known Use

1632, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for paradisiacal

• demoniacal
• maniacal