nectareous

American  

[nek-tair-ee-uhs] / nɛkˈtɛər i əs /

Or nectarean

adjective

1. nectarous.

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Other Word Forms

• nectareously adverb
• nectareousness noun
• unnectareous adjective

Etymology

Origin of nectareous

1700–10; < Latin nectareus of, belonging to nectar < Greek nektáreos like nectar, divinely fragrant, equivalent to néktar nectar + -eos adj. suffix; see -eous

Example Sentences

Press nectareous Cyder from my loaded Trees, Print the sweet Butter, turn the Drying Cheese.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.

Whence flow nectareous wines, that well may vie With Massic, Setin, or renown'd Falern.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

Mark where yon tree rewards the stony shower With fruit nectareous or the balmy flower.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

Whereas the fact is, that a butterfly only occasionally, and as a matter of accident rather than rule, derives her own nectareous food from the flowers of the plant, whose leaves nourish her caterpillar progeny.

From British Butterfiles Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species by Coleman, W. S. (William Stephen)

Disposed apart, Ulysses shares the treat; A trivet table, and ignobler seat, The prince appoints; but to his sire assigns The tasteful inwards, and nectareous wines.

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander