edenic means of or suggesting Eden, the paradise of the Bible. It carries an Arena rating of 1554, earned across 54 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, edenic ranks #372 of 17,104 for Most Storied Words, #726 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #2,595 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #2,760 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words.
edenic is pronounced /iːˈdɛnɪk/.
Why “edenic” is a great word
EDENIC — [Adjective] Suggesting an idyllic, primordial state of innocence, peace, and unspoiled natural beauty akin to the biblical paradise. From Eden (the biblical paradise) + -ic (adjectival suffix meaning 'of or pertaining to'). First attested in the 1850s. Unlike "utopian," which envisions a perfected society through human design, or "idyllic," which paints a scene of mere charming simplicity, "Edenic" evokes a specific, divinely ordained world before knowledge and fall. It is the impossibly green light filtering through an untouched canopy, the profound silence that exists before the first question is asked, and the poignant beauty of a memory that may never have existed—a homesickness for a world from which we are eternally exiled.
Etymology
From Eden + -ic.
adj
- Of or suggesting Eden, the paradise of the Bible.e.g.“Thus, when Paul and Billy turn to the Edenic archetype, one must not view this as an acceptance of the "truth" of the Judeo-Christian tradition from which this myth is borrowed.” — 1994, Will Wright, Steven Kaplan, The Image of Technology in Literature, the Media, and Society:
noun
- One who promotes an Edenic ideal.
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