Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A way of life of worldly ease or pleasure.
- noun A course of action that seems easy and appropriate but can actually end in calamity.
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- noun An
easy andpleasant life ; aself-indulgent orhedonistic life; such a life that leads todamnation . - noun A
deceptively easy orappealing course of action that leads oneastray or intoerror . - noun The life of
prostitution .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a life of ease and pleasure
Etymologies
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From Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act I, Scene iii.
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treeseed commented on the word primrose path
from the common idiom "Led down the primrose path" that suggests someone being led astray
January 21, 2008