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Houri

noun

(pl. houris)

A voluptuously beautiful young woman. Synonym: nymph.

(Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise.

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"Houri" Quotes from Famous Books

... staring at me, as if she had been seeing me all the time, and the blankets made no difference!' 'Was she really ugly?' I asked. 'Well, I don't know what you call ugly,' he answered, 'but if you had seen her stare, you would have thought her ugly enough! Had she been as beautiful as a houri, though, I don't imagine I should have been less frightened!' 'Well,' said I, for he had come to a pause, 'and what came next?' 'I can not tell. I came to myself all trembling, and as cold and as wet as if I had been dipped in a well' 'You are ...

— Home Again • George MacDonald

... woman but her—they were so fair, and unmeaning, and blonde. The darkness and regularity of her features reminded me of my 'Jannat al Aden.' But this impression wore off; and now I can look at a fair woman, without longing for a Houri. She was very good-tempered, and every thing ...

— Life of Lord Byron, Vol. II - With His Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore

... a queen of Sheba or some Eastern houri screened by silken curtains from the vulgar gaze. What extravagances my imagination in its pride might have led me into it is impossible to say, but for the bodily discomfort. The camel is called the "ship of the desert," ...

— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 • Various

Words linked to "Houri" : Islam, Muhammadanism, Muslimism, adult female, woman, Islamism, nymph, Mohammedanism, mythical being