1) houri. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...beautiful virgins of the Koranic paradise. French, from Persian r, from Arabic rya, nymph, houri, from r, pl. of awaru, feminine of awr u, possessing awar, intense...
2) houri. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...houri, (hoo´re, hou´-) (KEY) [Arab.,=black-eyed], one of the beautiful maidens said by some Muslims to dwell in paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful. The passages...
3) Sal'sabil. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...in Paradise. (Al Koran, xxvi.) 1 "Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. A houri had rolled a cloud under his head, and he was snoring serenely near...
4) Sedrat. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...and earth. Its leaves resemble the ears of an elephant. Each seed of its fruit encloses a houri; and two rivers issue from its roots. Numberless birds sing among...
5) 845. Beauty. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International Thesaurus
of English Words and Phrases
...[obs.]. BEAU IDEAL, le beau idéal [F.]; Venus, Aphrodite, Hebe, the Graces, Peri, Houri, Cupid, Apollo, Hyperion, Adonis, Antinous, Narcissus, Astarte; Helen of Troy,...
6) 374. Woman. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International Thesaurus
of English Words and Phrases
...bachelor girl, new woman, suffragist, suffragette; spinster, old maid. nymph, houri, wench, grisette; girl (youth) [See Infant]. MISTRESS, Mrs., madame (pl. mesdames)...
7) 237. Israfel by Edgar Allan Poe. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An
American Anthology, 1787-1900
...trod, Where deep thoughts are a duty, Where Love s a grown-up God, 25 Where the Houri glances are Imbued with all the beauty Which we worship in a star. Therefore...
8) 91. Lepanto. G. K. Chesterton. Modern British Poetry
...star, (Don John of Austria is going to the war.) He moves a mighty turban on the timeless houri's knees, His turban that is woven of the sunsets and the seas. He...
9) §7. Influx of foreign words. XV. Changes in the Language since
Shakespeare s Time. Vol. 14. The Victorian Age, Part Two. The Cambridge
History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen
Volumes. 1907–21
...Italian or Spanish, through French or Dutch. English has received from French the Arabic houri, minaret, sofa and zero; the Turkish odalisque and kiosk; the Russian...
10) 14. Doctor Moreau Explains. Wells, H.G. 1896. The Island of Doctor Moreau
...with heaven or hell. Pleasure and pain—bah! What is your theologian s ecstasy but Mahomet s houri in the dark? This store which men and women set on pleasure and...
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