Houri

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Houri \Hou"ri\, n.; pl. {Houris}. [Per. h[=u]r[imac],
     h[=u]r[=a], h[=u]r; akin to Ar. h[=u]r, pl. of ahwar
     beautiful-eyed, black-eyed.]
     A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  houri
       n 1: a voluptuously beautiful young woman [syn: {nymph}]
       2: (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty
          believed to live with the blessed in Paradise

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, vampire
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  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.