ambrosial

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English

Etymology

From ambrosia +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /amˈbɹəʊzɪəl/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /æmˈbɹoʊʒəl/

Adjective

ambrosial (comparative more ambrosial, superlative most ambrosial)

  1. (Greek mythology) Pertaining to or worthy of the gods.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
      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; balmy, divine.
    • J. S. Byerley, You Taught Me Love
      By your cheek of vermil hue,
      By your lip’s ambrosial dew,
      By your soft and languid eye,
      By your swelling bosom’s sigh,
      You taught me love.

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