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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Houri \Hou"ri\, n.; pl {Houris}. [Per. h[=u]r[=i], h[=u]r[=a],
h[=u]r; akin to Ar h[=u]r, pl of ahwar beautiful-eyed,
black-eyed.]
A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
houri
n 1: a voluptuously beautiful young woman [syn: {nymph}]
2: (in Muslim belief) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect
beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
HOURI, n. A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make
things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence
marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a
soul. By that good lady the Houris are said to be held in deficient
esteem.
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