edenic
- adjective
- /ɪˈdɛnɪk/
- Literature
- Many travelers describe the island as edenic, with its clear blue waters and lush greenery.
And so at the very bottom, there is Okeanos, which is in large part ocean and it's it's a sort of Edenic kind of area.
- And so at the very bottom, there is Okeanos, which is in large part ocean and it's it's a sort of Edenic kind of area.
Examples
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The untouched forest was truly edenic, full of vibrant flowers and pristine streams.
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My favorite canvas is the edenic Morning in the Tropics that now hangs in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Academic text (2002) -
And so at the very bottom, there is Okeanos, which is in large part ocean and it's it's a sort of Edenic kind of area.
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Meantime, she had to leave that now sinister, edenic island.
Fiction book (1992) -
Several million years ago, tectonic forces began to create an edenic corridor that led early humans out of Africa and into the Near East.
Academic text (2003) -
Her tender body gave itself utterly and unabashedly; being simple and having no notion of evil, she was an Edenic animal seized by heat.
Fiction book (1998) -
Milton's poetry seems to counter this this belief and Edenic perfection, and counter this belief in even in Edenic freedom.
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Her ambivalence towards this Edenic timelessness is clear; however, she finds herself consumed by her biology as destiny.
Academic text (2000) -
I wonder if what we see in Alzheimer's disease is a kind of return to our origins—an Edenic pre-self-conscious, pre-dualistic state, prior to separation and shame.
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He did write exceedingly well in the first decade of his monastic life; his preoccupation was with how he apparently had found the place to live—a seemingly Edenic monastic garden.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
Very beautiful and peaceful like heaven
Very beautiful and peaceful, like a perfect garden or island
A place that is very beautiful and peaceful, like a perfect garden
A very beautiful and peaceful place like a perfect garden
A place that is very beautiful and peaceful, like a quiet beach or garden
A place that is very beautiful and peaceful, like a perfect garden
Shows the peace and beauty of a perfect garden
Antonyms
How Idyllic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word edenic comes from Eden, the ideal garden in the Bible, plus the ending -ic meaning 'like' or 'of'. So edenic means 'like the Garden of Eden', pure, peaceful, and untouched.