nectarious
UK/nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əs/US/nɛkˈtɛɹi.əs/
nectarious is the alternative form of nectarous.
Meaning of nectarous
Adjective
nectarous (comparative more nectarous, superlative most nectarous)
- Pertaining to or resembling nectar; sweet.
- Sylphs! if at noon the Fritillary droops, / With drops nectarous hang her nodding cups […].1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 204
Forms of nectarious
| comparative | more nectarious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most nectarious |
Words that rhyme with nectarious
- cibarious
- scarious
- Stradivarius
- tartareous
- vagarious
- vicarious
- Aquarius
- atrabilarious
- calcareous
- contrarious
- hilarious
- lampadarius
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- librarius
- malarious
- multifarious
- omnifarious
- precarious
- riparious
- testudinarious
- various
- acinarious
- adversarious
- anticarious
- apocrisarius
- apocrisiarius
- arbitrarious
- arenarious
- argillocalcareous
- armarius
- assarius
- atramentarious
- Belisarius
- bordarius
- burglarious
- caeremoniarius
- calcarious
- carious
- confessarius
- corneo-calcareous
- cotarius
- duplicarius
- filarious
- fimetarious
- frumentarious
- glareous
- howlarious
- lapidarious
- librarious
- multivarious
- nectareous
- nefarious
- nightmarious
- noncalcareous
- noncarious
- nongregarious
- nonmalarious
- nonvicarious
- octarius
- octofarious
- octonarius
Questions about nectarious
- What is nectarious the alternative form of?
- Nectarious is the alternative form of nectarous.
- How do you pronounce nectarious?
- Nectarious is pronounced /nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əs/ (UK).
Words near nectarious in the dictionary
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