Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to ambrosia; partaking of the nature or qualities of ambrosia; anointed or fragrant with ambrosia; hence, delighting the taste or smell; delicious; fragrant; sweet-smelling: as, ambrosial dews.
- Pertaining to the senses of taste and smell: a forced use.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious.
- adjective Divinely excellent or beautiful.
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- adjective Greek mythology Pertaining to or worthy of the
gods . - adjective
Succulently sweet orfragrant ;balmy ,divine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant
- adjective worthy of the gods
Etymologies
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Examples
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The ancient yoga masters knew nothing of the endocrine system, but they did know that there was something magical and empowering in the predawn hours, which they called the ambrosial hours.
Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001
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The ancient yoga masters knew nothing of the endocrine system, but they did know that there was something magical and empowering in the predawn hours, which they called the ambrosial hours.
Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001
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From cat to zombie to Mitchum to Aldo in the snow, you find yourself falling in some kind of ambrosial, demented love.
Kim Morgan: For the Love of (Film Noir): Nightfall Kim Morgan 2011
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From cat to zombie to Mitchum to Aldo in the snow, you find yourself falling in some kind of ambrosial, demented love.
Kim Morgan: For the Love of (Film Noir): Nightfall Kim Morgan 2011
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And I use Big Words, like "ambrosial," which bothers some children's book reviewers.
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From cat to zombie to Mitchum to Aldo in the snow, you find yourself falling in some kind of ambrosial, demented love.
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Recollect always that ambrosia, as food of gods, is the continual restorer of strength; that all food is ambrosial when it nourishes, and that the night is called "ambrosial" because it restores strength to the soul through its peace, as, in the
The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859
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Recollect always that ambrosia, as food of gods, is the continual restorer of strength; that all food is ambrosial when it nourishes, and that the night is called 'ambrosial' because it restores strength to the soul through its peace, as, in the
Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 John Ruskin 1859
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Thespian chorus, was in the Dorian states already devoted to sublime themes, and enriched by elaborate art; and Simonides, whose elegies, peculiar for their sweetness, might have inspired the "ambrosial"
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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From cat to zombie to Mitchum to Aldo in the snow, you find yourself falling in some kind of ambrosial, demented love.
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Thus while God spake, ambrosial fragrance fill'd
All Heav'n ...
Milton, Paradise Lost III
December 18, 2006