Ambrosiate

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A crystalline substance, C₂₃H₂₅O₅Br, that is one of the common irritants that can be refined from ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia).

    "The absolute configuration of ambrosic acid a crystallographic study of p-bromophenacyl ambrosiate."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Ambrosial.

    "Why ſo, euen thus the Mercury of Heauen, / Vſhers th’ambroſiate banquet of the Gods, / When a long traine of Angels in a ranke, / Serue the firſt courſe, and bow their Chriſtall knees, / Before the Siluer table; […]"

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"Why ſo, euen thus the Mercury of Heauen, / Vſhers th’ambroſiate banquet of the Gods, / When a long traine of Angels in a ranke, / Serue the firſt courſe, and bow their Chriſtall knees, / Before the Siluer table; […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ambrosia + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

From ambrosia + -ate

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