ambrosial

ambrosial

English

Etymology

From ambrosia +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /amˈbɹəʊzɪəl/
• (US) 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.

Synonyms

• ambrosian

Derived terms

• ambrosially

Translations

succulently sweet or fragrant

Interlingue: ambrosial Portuguese: ambrosíaco