houri Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a voluptuously beautiful young woman
    nymph.
  2. noun (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise

WordNet

Hou"ri noun
Etymology
Per. h&umac;ri, h&umac;ra, h&umac;r; akin to Ar. h&umac;r, pl. of ahwar beautiful-eyed, black-eyed.
Wordforms
plural Houris
Definitions
  1. A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.

Webster 1913