Nectareous

//nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əs// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to nectar; nectarous. not-comparable

    "[O]n the board diſplay'd / The ready meal before Ulyſſes lay'd. / (VVith flour imbrovvn'd) next mingled vvine yet nevv, / And luſcious as the Bee's nectareous devv: […]"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nectareus (“of nectar; sweet”), from Ancient Greek νεκτάρεος (nektáreos, “sweet as nectar, fragrant”), from νέκταρ (néktar, “nectar”).

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