Ambrosial
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /amˈbɹəʊzɪəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ambrosial is an adjective meaning (Greek mythology) Pertaining to or worthy of the gods.
Meaning
(Greek mythology) Pertaining to or worthy of the gods.
More Meanings
- Succulently sweet or fragrant; balmy, divine.
Example Sentences
VVhile thus she spake, / She touched his eye-lashes with libant lip / And breath'd ambrosial odours; […]
[T]his young hero, rising from his bed, proceeded to decorate his beautiful person, and shave his ambrosial chin […]
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.
Thy Chamber vvith Ambroſiall odors breatheth, / Nevv loues and true loues vnto them that entreateth, / And furious Mars made milde his Faulcheon ſheatheth / At thy delicious aſpect: […]
Synonyms for ambrosial
Depending on context, synonyms include ambrosiac, tasteful, nectarous, heavenly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nectarous, heavenly, tasteful, goddessly, aphroditic, theopneust.
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