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ambrosiac

ambrosiac adjective: having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.

Adjective

ambrosiac (comparative more ambrosiac, superlative most ambrosiac)

  1. (rare) Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
    • I reliſh not theſe philoſophicall feaſts; / Giue me a banquet o’ ſenſe, like that of Ovid: / A forme, to take the eye; a voyce, mine eare; / Pure aromatiques, to my ſent; a ſoft, / Smooth, deinty hand, to touch; and, for my taſte, / Ambroſiack kiſſes, to melt downe the palat.1629 (first performance), B[en] Jonson, The New Inne. Or, The Light Heart. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorne, […], published 1631, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii, signature E3, verso
    Synonyms:
    ambrosial, ambrosian

Synonyms of ambrosiac

Forms of ambrosiac

comparativemore ambrosiac
superlativemost ambrosiac

Origin of ambrosiac

Either from ambrosia + -ac or Latin ambrosiacus; compare French ambrosiaque.

Questions about ambrosiac

What does ambrosiac mean?
Ambrosiac means having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
What part of speech is ambrosiac?
Ambrosiac is an adjective.

Words near ambrosiac in the dictionary

  1. ambrosia
  2. ambrosia beetle
  3. ambrosia beetles
  4. ambrosia fungi
  5. ambrosia fungus
  6. ambrosiac
  7. ambrosiae
  8. ambrosial
  9. ambrosially
  10. ambrosian
  11. Ambrosian chant

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