Hypertext Webster Gateway: "houri"
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) 1.7 (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
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