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Ambrosial

//æmˈbɹoʊʒəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to or worthy of the gods. Greek

    "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. 2
    Succulently sweet or fragrant; balmy, divine.

    "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: […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    worthy of the gods wordnet
  2. 2
    extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant wordnet

Etymology

Partly from ambrosia and partly from Latin ambrosius, + -al.

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