ambrosial
adj/amˈbɹəʊzɪəl/UK/æmˈbɹoʊʒəl/US
Etymology
Partly from ambrosia and partly from Latin ambrosius, + -al.
- derived from ambrosius
Definitions
Pertaining to or worthy of the gods.
- And whilst he slept she [Venus] over him would spred / Her mantle, colour’d like the starry skyes, / And her soft arme lay underneath his hed, / And with ambrosiall kisses bathe his eyes [...]
Succulently sweet or fragrant
Succulently sweet or fragrant; balmy, divine.
- Thy Chamber vvith Ambroſiall odors breatheth, / Nevv loues and true loues vnto them that entreateth, / And furious Mars made milde his Faulcheon ſheatheth / At thy delicious aſpect: […]
- VVhile thus she spake, / She touched his eye-lashes with libant lip / And breath'd ambrosial odours; […]
- [T]his young hero, rising from his bed, proceeded to decorate his beautiful person, and shave his ambrosial chin […]
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ambrosial. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA