a. [ L. Elysius, fr. Elysium. ] Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. “Elysian shades.” Massinger. “Elysian age.” Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Elysiums L. Elysia [ L., fr. Gr. 'Hly`sion, 'Hly`sion pedi`on, Elysian field. ] (Anc. Myth.) 1. A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, any delightful place. [ 1913 Webster ]

An Elysium more pure and bright than that of the Greeks. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Elytrum + -form. ] (Zoöl.) Having the form, or structure, of an elytron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Elytrum. ] (Chem.) See Chitin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'e`lytron sheath, a wing case + -oid. ] (Zoöl.) Resembling a beetle's wing case.

/mhw> n.; pl. Elytra [ NL., fr. Gr. 'e`lytron, fr. 'ely`ein to roll round. ] (Zoöl.) (a) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair. See Coleoptera. (b) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chætopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]