English Explanatory Dictionary

primrose path

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An easy and pleasant life; a self-indulgent or hedonistic life; such a life that leads to damnation.
  2. A deceptively easy or appealing course of action that leads one astray or into error.
  3. The life of prostitution.

Word forms

primrose path primrose paths

Etymology

Coined by William Shakespeare in 1609 in The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, act 1, scene 3: "Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads".

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