English Explanatory Dictionary

fool's paradise

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A state of happiness due to illusion or false hope.

Pronunciation

en-au-fool's paradise.ogg

Word forms

fool's paradise fools' paradises

Etymology

From Middle English foles paradise, folis paradyce, first recorded in the Paston Letters (1462).

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