Garden of Eden
Garden of Eden · Gardens of Eden
рай, небеса
рай, небеса
Paradies, Himmel
An idyllic place wherein innocence and perfection reignAn idyllic place wherein innocence and perfection reign; any delightful region or abode; a pastoral utopia; an Arcadia.
Meaning
3 senses(figuratively)An idyllic place wherein innocence and perfection reign; any delightful region or abode; a pastoral utopia; an Arcadia.
Near-synonyms: earthly paradise, paradise, rose garden
The utopian socialists promised the peasants a Garden of Eden.
(figuratively)A state or condition of unsullied innocence.
A pattern that can only exist as an initial state and is not attainable from any other state.
More definitions
- a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man)
Origin
Calque of Biblical Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן (gan ʿḗḏen).Calque of Biblical Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן (gan ʿḗḏen).
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Forms
plural: Gardens of Eden| Singular | Garden of Eden |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man):Eden
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular