Edenesque

English

Etymology

From Eden +‎ -esque.

Adjective

Edenesque (comparative more Edenesque, superlative most Edenesque)

1. Like the Garden of Eden; idyllic.
   • 1994, Tamara Alvarez-Detrell, Michael G. Paulson, The Traveler in the Life and Works of George Sand, page 146:

     Sand underscores the allusion to Eve with the creation of an Edenesque climate in the description of the living space Mother and Daughter occupy.

   • 2005, Richard I. Merrell, Gangway Regular Navy!, page 129:

     Moving inland, thick rain forests harbor a rich abundance of flora and fauna, while proud mountain peaks stand watch over the Edenesque kingdom.

   • 2012, Brian Neil Peterson, Ezekiel in Context, page 323:

     Niditch points out that "the river imagery has Edenesque qualities—all is provided in an ultimate fulfillment of the Deuteronomic blessings.

   • 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 64:

     The notion that European exploration of South America upended some Edenesque paradise is deeply flawed and something we will be looking at later on in the book.