English Explanatory Dictionary

bliss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Perfect happiness.
name
  1. An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.
  2. A unisex given name from English.
  3. a programming language used for systems programming primarily on computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation. Bliss is a parallel language to C, both being derived from B and BCPL
  4. A place in the United States:
  5. A ghost town in California.
  6. A minor city in Gooding County, Idaho.
  7. An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky.
  8. A township in Emmet County, Michigan, named after Aaron T. Bliss.
  9. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
  10. A census-designated place in the town of Eagle, Wyoming County, New York.
  11. Former name of Old Bliss, Oklahoma.

Pronunciation

/blɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bliss.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Bliss.wav

Word forms

bliss blisses Blish

Etymology

From Middle English bliss, from Old English bliss, variant of earlier blīds, blīþs (“joy, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīþisi (“joy, goodness, kindness”).

Related words

blithe

Derived words

blissdom blissed blissed up blissen blissful blissless bliss ninny blissome bliss out bliss point blissy embliss enbliss follow one's bliss ignorance is bliss unbliss
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