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Nectareous
//nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əs// adj
Definitions
Adjective
- 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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