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nectareous

UK/nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əs/US/nɛkˈtɛɹi.əs/

nectareous adjective: pertaining to nectar; nectarous.

Adjective

nectareous (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to nectar; nectarous.
    • [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: […]1725, Homer, “Book XIV”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC, page 238, lines 91–94

Origin of nectareous

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

Words formed from nectareous

Words that rhyme with nectareous

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Questions about nectareous

What does nectareous mean?
Nectareous means pertaining to nectar; nectarous.
What part of speech is nectareous?
Nectareous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce nectareous?
Nectareous is pronounced /nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əs/ (UK).

Words near nectareous in the dictionary

  1. nectaral
  2. nectareal
  3. nectarean
  4. nectared
  5. nectarell
  6. nectareous
  7. nectareously
  8. nectaria
  9. nectarial
  10. nectarian
  11. nectaried

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