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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun houri has 2 senses
- houri(n = noun.person) nymph - a voluptuously beautiful young woman; Array is a kind of adult female, woman
- houri(n = noun.person) Array - (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise; Array is a kind of mythical being
CIDE DICTIONARY
houri, n. [Per. h, h, h; akin to Ar. h, pl. of ahwar beautiful-eyed, black-eyed.].
A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
houri, n. a beautiful young woman, esp. in the Muslim Paradise.
Etymology
F f. Pers. huri f. Arab. hur pl. of hawra' gazelle-like (in the eyes)
DEVIL DICTIONARY
houri
n. A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul. By that good lady the Houris are said to be held in deficient esteem.THESAURUS
houri
Adonis, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollo Belvedere, Aspasia, Astarte, Balder, Cleopatra, Delilah, Freya, Hebe, Hyperion, Jezebel, Messalina, Narcissus, Phryne, Thais, Venus, Venus de Milo, adventuress, courtesan, demimondaine, demimonde, demirep, femme fatale, harem girl, hetaera, odalisque, peri, seductress, temptress, the Graces, vamp, vampireROGET THESAURUS
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Beauty
N beauty, the beautiful, to kalon, le beau ideal, aesthetics, callaesthetics, pulchritude, form, elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty, symmetry, comeliness, fairness, polish, gloss, good effect, good looks, belle tournure, trigness, bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness, magnificence, sublimity, sublimification, concinnity, delicacy, refinement, charm, je ne sais quoi, style, Venus, Aphrodite, Hebe, the Graces, Peri, Houri, Cupid, Apollo, Hyperion, Adonis, Antionous, Narcissus, peacock, butterfly, garden, flower of, pink of, bijou, jewel, work of art, flower, flow'ret gay, wildflower, rose, lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley, ranunculus, rhododendron, windflower, pleasurableness, beautifying, landscaping, landscape gardening, decoration, calisthenics, beauty, hunk (of men), beautiful, beauteous, handsome, gorgeous, pretty, lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing, attractive, delicate, dainty, refined, fair, personable, comely, seemly, bonny, good-looking, well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well- proportioned, proper, shapely, symmetrical, harmonious, sightly, fit to be seen, passable, not amiss, goodly, dapper, tight, jimp, gimp, janty, jaunty, trig, natty, quaint, trim, tidy, neat, spruce, smart, tricksy, bright, bright eyed, rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked, rosy, ruddy, blooming, in full bloom, brilliant, shining, beamy, beaming, sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling, glowing, glossy, sleek, rich, superb, magnificent, grand, fine, sublime, showy, specious, artistic, artistical, aesthetic, picturesque, pictorial, fait a peindre, well-composed, well grouped, well varied, curious, enchanting becoming, ornamental, undeformed, undefaced, unspotted, spotless, auxilium non leve vultus habet, beauty born of murmuring sound, flowers preach to us if we will hear, gratior ac pulchro veniens in corpore virtus, none but the brave deserve the fair, thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty.
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