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nectareous, a.|nɛkˈtɛərɪəs|
[ad. L. nectareus, ad. Gr. νεκτάρεος, f. νέκταρ nectar: see -eous.]
Of the nature of, consisting of, or resembling nectar.
1708J. Philips Cyder i. 32 Chear'd with her nectareous juice. 1725Pope Odyss. xiv. 94 Luscious as the Bees nectareous dew. 1769Sir W. Jones Palace Fortune Poems (1777) 17 From her smooth cheek nectareous dew he sips. 1832Fraser's Mag. V. 120 They abandoned all..for the nectareous delicacies of Edinburgh ale. 1866Rose Virg., Ecl. & Georg. 132 With nectareous wine Libating thrice.
Hence necˈtareously adv.; necˈtareousness.
1847in Webster. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Note-bks. I. 149, I remembered the nectareousness of the new cider. |