Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to nectar; resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective poetic, rare Of or pertaining to
nectar ; nectareous;sweet .
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Examples
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She will adventure all her estate for such a night, for a nectarean, a balsam kiss alone.
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Juice, bee buried in its own, 168. divine nectareous, 344. nectarean, 577.
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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The Brazilian sun flashed through the strong wicker prisons, bursting with bananas and nectarean fruits that eschew the temperate zone.
Prue and I George William Curtis 1858
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See how these young idlers drink in the nectarean stream.
Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra William Ware 1824
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'This nectarean draught,' he continued, 'I even consider to possess purifying and exalting qualities.
Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century William Ware 1824
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And slyly smiling, just began to sip The pure nectarean dew;
The rosary, or Beads of love [verse]. With the poem of Sula Rosary 1812
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The nectarean beverage seemed to operate cheerily on the matron's system; and placing her hand on the boy's curly head, she said (like
Paul Clifford — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The nectarean beverage seemed to operate cheerily on the matron's system; and placing her hand on the boy's curly head, she said (like Andromache,
Paul Clifford — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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