See Also: bliss(1)(dictionary)
bliss(2)(dictionary)
bliss(dictionary)
Bliss (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Burger Bliss(recipes)
Bliss, Tasker (Howard)(encyclopedia)
Bowles, Chester (Bliss)(encyclopedia)
Bliss, Sir Arthur (Edward Drummond)(encyclopedia)
Bliss, William D(wight) P(orter)(encyclopedia)

badinage (oh) and bliss(2) (iou)


badinage (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: badiner 'to joke']
conversation that involves a lot of jokes or humour

bliss(2) (iou)



bliss verb.
[Old English blissian, bliTsian = Old Saxon blidsean, blizzen, formed as BLISS noun.]
verb intrans. Be glad, rejoice. OE-LME.
verb trans. Give joy to, gladden. OE-M17.
verb trans. Foll. by out: cause to reach ecstasy. Freq. as blissed-out ppl adjective. N. Amer. slang. L20.
Comb.: blissout N. Amer. slang a state of ecstasy.