Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ambrosial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ambrosial \Am*bro"sial\, a. [L. ambrosius, Gr. ?.]
1. Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia;
delighting the taste or smell; delicious. ``Ambrosial
food.'' ``Ambrosial fragrance.'' --Milton.
2. Divinely excellent or beautiful. ``Shakes his ambrosial
curls.'' --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ambrosial
adj 1: extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a
nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food" [syn: {ambrosian},
{nectarous}]
2: worthy of the gods [syn: {ambrosian}]
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