a. [ Gr. &unr_; a place washed by the waves, fr. &unr_;. See Clyster. ] Connected with, or related to, the deluge, or to a cataclysm;
a. [ L. Elysius, fr. Elysium. ] Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. “Elysian shades.” Massinger. “Elysian age.” Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]
This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]