ambrosial

adj
/amˈbɹəʊzɪəl/UK/æmˈbɹoʊʒəl/US

Etymology

Partly from ambrosia and partly from Latin ambrosius, + -al.

  1. derived from ambrosius

Definitions

  1. 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 [...]
  2. 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 […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA