Sir Arthur (Edward Drummond) 1891–1975, English composer.
2.
Tasker
[tas-ker] /ˈtæs kər/ (Show IPA), Howard, 1853–1930, U.S. general.
Examples from the web for bliss
Livy always played the comically tragic single sidekick to Ramona, whose life was the picture of connubial bliss.
Marketers increasingly use technology to determine what gives consumers bliss.
The short interludes of sleep were brief snatches of stolen bliss.
The surge of overwhelming bliss that has overtaken Egyptians is the rare beautitude of democratic will.
The moon is for the bliss and comfort of lovers, and such dreams and rememberings as oldsters may still find.
Ignorance is bliss, as they say, and I'd like this to be a pleasant affair.
For some ignorance appears to be bliss.
In some corners, heaven is seen as a vague sense of euphoria, a state of everlasting bliss.
So begins this tale of woe and bliss.
Her tilted eyes were nearly closed in the bliss of anticipation.
British Dictionary definitions for bliss
bliss
/blɪs/
noun
1.
perfect happiness; serene joy
2.
the ecstatic joy of heaven
Derived Forms
blissless, adjective
Word Origin
Old English blīths; related to blītheblithe, Old Saxon blīdsea bliss
Bliss
/blɪs/
noun
1.
Sir Arthur. 1891–1975, British composer; Master of the Queen's Musick (1953–75). His works include the Colour Symphony (1922), film and ballet music, and a cello concerto (1970)
Word Origin and History for bliss
n.
Old English blis, also bliðs "bliss, merriment, happiness, grace, favor," from Proto-Germanic *blithsjo (cf. Old Saxon blidsea, blizza), from *blithiz "gentle, kind" + *-tjo noun suffix. Originally mostly of earthly happiness; influenced by association with bless and blithe.
v.
often with out, by 1973, U.S. colloquial, from bliss (n.).