ambrosial
[am-broh-zhuh l]
- 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/.
Origin of ambrosial
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Examples from the Web for ambrosial
Historical Examples
Am I to have some of this ambrosial bread, too, Cousin Molly?
Molly Brown's Orchard HomeNell Speed
(Contentment is the ambrosial draught for oblivion of all cares).
Quaffing nectar at mess with gods golden dishes, all ambrosial.
UlyssesJames Joyce
If the rose has thorns, has it not also a balsamic tincture and ambrosial sweetness?
The Blossoms of MoralityRichard Johnson
Joves ambrosial curls must shake in another Olympia than this.
The Crest of the ContinentErnest Ingersoll
Word Origin and History for ambrosial
adj.
1590s, "immortal, divine," from Latin ambrosius, from Greek ambrosios (see ambrosia).
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