houri
Collocations
4ADJ.
naked
HOURI + NOUN
water-jar
PREP.
about
ADV.
then
Definitions
noun
A beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful.
They went through the courtyard, past a naked copper houri tilting a water-jar that merely dripped[.]
We cannot go into the technical details of his methodology but it allows Luxenberg, to the probable horror of all Muslim males dreaming of sexual bliss in the Muslim hereafter, to conjure away the wide-eyed houris promised to the faithful in suras XLIV.54; LII.20, LV.72, and LVI.22. Luxenberg's new analysis, leaning on the Hymns of Ephrem the Syrian, yields "white raisins" of "crystal clarity" rather than doe-eyed, and ever willing virgins - the houris.
Any voluptuous, beautiful woman.
I would not exchange this one little English girl for the Grand Turk’s whole seraglio; gazelle-eyes, houri forms and all!
“The town is full of temptations, sir,” continued Pen. The old gentleman thought of that houri, Mrs. O’Leary.
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Synonyms
noun — a voluptuously beautiful young woman
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3They went through the courtyard, past a naked copper houri tilting a water-jar that merely dripped[.]
WiktionaryWe cannot go into the technical details of his methodology but it allows Luxenberg, to the probable horror of all Muslim males dreaming of sexual bliss in the Muslim hereafter, to conjure away the wid
WiktionaryThe repetition of material about the houri suggests that the popularization of that figure occurred as early as the ninth century and continued well into the twelfth century. By then, the houri had be
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