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bliss
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bliss

bliss [ bliss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. complete happiness: perfect happiness
It was bliss to have a day at home.

2. spiritual joy: a state of spiritual joy

[ Old English, alteration of blīþs< Germanic, "gentle, kind"]

Cultural Note

Bliss, a novel (1981) by Australian writer Peter Carey. A fable about the battle between good and evil, it tells the story of advertising executive Harry Joy who, after a successful heart bypass operation, becomes convinced that he has woken up in Hell. It was made into a movie by Ray Lawrence in 1985.

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