ambrosial

[ am-broh-zhuh l ]

/ æmˈbroʊ ʒəl /

exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant.

worthy of the gods; divine.

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Also am·bro·sian [am-broh-zhuh n] /æmˈbroʊ ʒən/.

First recorded in 1590–1600; ambrosi(a) + -al¹

Related formsam·bro·sial·ly, adverb

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Most ambrosial dainties are known to the cooks of this parish.
Rose Charlitte|Marshall Saunders
Every night this balsamic breath invades the town, filling its streets with ambrosial suggestions.
Alone|Norman Douglas
He takes us into the ambrosial world of heroes, of human vigor, of purity, of grace.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)--Great Britain and Ireland IV|Various
Quaffing nectar at mess with gods golden dishes, all ambrosial.
Ulysses|James Joyce

It was just as she was eating her first ambrosial mouthful that the door opened and a fur-capped head was thrust in.
Understood Betsy|Dorothy Canfield

Word Origin and History for ambrosial

adj.

1590s, "immortal, divine," from Latin ambrosius, from Greek ambrosios (see ambrosia).