Definitions for Bliss
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bliss, blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on airnoun

   a state of extreme happiness

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. blissnoun

   perfect happiness

2. blissverb

   To be extremely happy, to be blissful

3. Blissnoun

   An English surname originating as a nickname.

4. Blissnoun

   A unisex given name from English.

   "Mother doesn't seem to especially like her little granddaughter as it is, even named 'Edna Louise'. D'you think she's going to like her better, named 'Bliss' like some sexpot pop star or some Indian-mystic asshole-charlatan?"

5. Blissnoun

   a programming language used for systems programming primarily on computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation. Bliss is a parallel language to C, both being derived from B and BCPL

6. Blissnoun

   A ghost town in California.

7. Blissnoun

   A city and town in Idaho.

8. Etymology: From bliðs, from blīþisjō, from + -tjo. see blithe.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BLISSnoun

   Etymology: blisse, Sax. from bliðasian, to rejoice.

   1. The highest degree of happiness; blessedness; felicity; generally used of the happiness of blessed souls.

   A mighty Saviour hath witnessed of himself, I am the way; the way that leadeth us from misery into bliss. Richard Hooker, b. i.

   Dim sadness did not spare
   That time celestial visages; yet, mix’d
   With pity, violated not their bliss. Par. Lost, b. x. l. 25.

   With me
   All my redeem’d may dwell, in joy and bliss. Par. Lost, b. xi.

   2. Felicity in general.

   Condition, circumstance is not the thing;
   Bliss is the same in subject or in king. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BLISS

   BLISS is a system programming language developed at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) by W. A. Wulf, D. B. Russell, and A. N. Habermann around 1970. It was perhaps the best known system language until C debuted a few years later. Since then, C became popular and common, and BLISS faded into obscurity. When C was in its infancy, a few projects within Bell Labs debated the merits of BLISS vs. C.BLISS is a typeless block-structured programming language based on expressions rather than statements, and includes constructs for exception handling, coroutines, and macros. It does not include a goto statement. The name is variously said to be short for Basic Language for Implementation of System Software or System Software Implementation Language, Backwards. It was sometimes called "Bill's Language for Implementing System Software", after Bill Wulf. The original Carnegie Mellon compiler was notable for its extensive use of optimizations, and formed the basis of the classic book The Design of an Optimizing Compiler. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) developed and maintained BLISS compilers for the PDP-10, PDP-11, VAX, DEC PRISM, MIPS, DEC Alpha, and Intel IA-32, The language did not become popular among customers and few had the compiler, but DEC used it heavily in-house into the 1980s; most of the utility programs for the OpenVMS operating system were written in BLISS-32. The DEC BLISS compiler has been ported to the IA-64 and x86-64 architectures as part of the ports of OpenVMS to these platforms. The x86-64 BLISS compiler uses LLVM as its backend code generator, replacing the proprietary GEM backend used for Alpha and IA-64.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bliss

   Bliss is a state of extreme happiness, joy, or contentment. It often implies a sense of serene and profound satisfaction, and is sometimes associated with a state of spiritual enlightenment or tranquility.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Blissnoun

   orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. BLISS

   BLISS is a system programming language developed at Carnegie Mellon University by W. A. Wulf, D. B. Russell, and A. N. Habermann around 1970. It was perhaps the best known systems programming language right up until C made its debut a few years later. Since then, C took off and BLISS faded into obscurity. When C was in its infancy, a few projects within Bell Labs were debating the merits of BLISS vs. C. BLISS is a typeless block-structured language based on expressions rather than statements, and includes constructs for exception handling, coroutines, and macros. It does not include a goto statement. The name is variously said to be short for "Basic Language for Implementation of System Software" or "System Software Implementation Language, Backwards". It was sometimes called "Bill's Language for Implementing System Software", after Bill Wulf. The original Carnegie Mellon compiler was notable for its extensive use of optimizations, and formed the basis of the classic book The Design of an Optimizing Compiler. DEC developed and maintained BLISS compilers for the PDP-10, PDP-11, DEC Alpha, DEC PRISM, Intel IA-32, Intel IA-64, and VAX, and used it heavily in-house into the 1980s; most of the utility programs for the VMS operating system were written in BLISS-32.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bliss

   blis, n. the highest happiness: the special happiness of heaven, heaven.—adj. Bliss′ful.—adv. Bliss′fully.—n. Bliss′fulness.—adj. Bliss′less, without bliss. [A.S. blíðs, blíðe, Blithe.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Bliss

   Is happiness at its peak.

   Emeasoba George

   
   

   Submitted by emeasoba_g on February 22, 2018  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BLISS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bliss is ranked #2471 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bliss surname appeared 14,588 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Bliss.
   
   92.1% or 13,441 total occurrences were White.
   2.4% or 353 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 271 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.7% or 261 total occurrences were Black.
   0.9% or 133 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.8% or 128 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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1. • Elation

How to pronounce Bliss?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bliss in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bliss in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Bliss in a Sentence

1. Hyman Rickover:

   Be ever questioning. Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion. You don't go to heaven if you die dumb. Become better informed. Lean from others' mistakes. You could not live long enough to make them all yourself.

2. Leecia Welch:

   Fort Bliss is emblematic of a myopic focus on clearing out [ Customs and Border Protection ] without adequate concern for restoring and expanding the [ Office of Refugee Resettlement ] shelter system. We are warehousing upwards of 4,000 children in soft sided tents on a military base.

3. Amit Ray:

   On hearing the subtle unstruck sounds of Om, the mind goes to the state of perfect stillness and the bliss of infinity arises. The chakras and nadis create divine melodies like a heavenly flute.

4. Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo:

   There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good life is to live.

5. Amit Ray:

   World is a multi-dimensional reality. At lower level it is full with unconsciousness and competitiveness. At higher level it is full with beauty, bliss and divinity. Focus on higher dimensions.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Bliss
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bliss
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Bliss
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bliss
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Bliss
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Bliss
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html