nectareousadj.

Brit.

/nɛkˈtɛːrɪəs/, U.S.

/nɛkˈtɛriəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nectareus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin nectareus of or tinged with nectar, sweet as nectar ( < ancient Greek νεκτάρεος sweet as nectar, fragrant < νέκταρ nectar n. + -εος , suffix forming adjectives; compare -eous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare nectarous adj., nectarious adj.

Chiefly poetic in early use.

Of the nature, consisting, or suggestive of nectar; sweet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [adjective] > of the nature of, resembling, or having nectar

nectarine1611

nectarean1624

nectarian1647

nectareal1648

nectareous?a1656

nectarous1667

nectariferous1760

nectiferous1824

nectarious1841

?a1656 J. Poole Eng. Parnassus (1657) 88 Winning, gaining, encroaching, perswasive, wooing, enamouring, nectareous, intrancing, inchanting, encharming [etc.].

1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 32 Chear'd with her nectareous juice.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 94 Luscious as the Bee's nectareous dew.

1772 W. Jones Poems 21 From her smooth cheek nectareous dew he sips.

1832 Fraser's Mag. 5 120 They abandoned all..for the nectareous delicacies of Edinburgh ale.

1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Eclogues & Georgics 132 With nectareous wine Libating thrice.

1893 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 452/1 Wherever any fruit..has been broached..there hums the bee;..as though the season had not been long enough with nectareous supplies in the flowers she has furnished.

1954 Q. Rev. Biol. 29 357/2 His analysis of..the flowering periods of plants furnishing nectareous food.

1998 Flora 193 225 In the hummingbird-pollinated Begonia ferruginea it is also the pistillate flowers that contain a presumably nectareous fluid.

Derivatives

necˈtareously adv. rare

ΚΠ

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Nectareously.

1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes vi. 266 Watching a nectareously obsequious or cretinously eye-rolling announcer on the television, the patrons were not regaled.

necˈtareousness n. rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [noun]

sweetnessc897

honey1340

sweetc1381

suavityc1450

dulcetness1528

dulcitude1605

honeyedness1611

sweetinga1626

nectareousness1847

saccharinity1868

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Nectareousness.

1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 23 Sept. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) vi. 426 I remembered the nectareousness of the new cider.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nectareous
释义	nectareousadj. Brit. /nɛkˈtɛːrɪəs/, U.S. /nɛkˈtɛriəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nectareus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin nectareus of or tinged with nectar, sweet as nectar ( < ancient Greek νεκτάρεος sweet as nectar, fragrant < νέκταρ nectar n. + -εος , suffix forming adjectives; compare -eous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare nectarous adj., nectarious adj. Chiefly poetic in early use. Of the nature, consisting, or suggestive of nectar; sweet. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [adjective] > of the nature of, resembling, or having nectar nectarine1611 nectarean1624 nectarian1647 nectareal1648 nectareous?a1656 nectarous1667 nectariferous1760 nectiferous1824 nectarious1841 ?a1656 J. Poole Eng. Parnassus (1657) 88 Winning, gaining, encroaching, perswasive, wooing, enamouring, nectareous, intrancing, inchanting, encharming [etc.]. 1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 32 Chear'd with her nectareous juice. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 94 Luscious as the Bee's nectareous dew. 1772 W. Jones Poems 21 From her smooth cheek nectareous dew he sips. 1832 Fraser's Mag. 5 120 They abandoned all..for the nectareous delicacies of Edinburgh ale. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Eclogues & Georgics 132 With nectareous wine Libating thrice. 1893 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 452/1 Wherever any fruit..has been broached..there hums the bee;..as though the season had not been long enough with nectareous supplies in the flowers she has furnished. 1954 Q. Rev. Biol. 29 357/2 His analysis of..the flowering periods of plants furnishing nectareous food. 1998 Flora 193 225 In the hummingbird-pollinated Begonia ferruginea it is also the pistillate flowers that contain a presumably nectareous fluid. Derivatives necˈtareously adv. rare ΚΠ 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Nectareously. 1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes vi. 266 Watching a nectareously obsequious or cretinously eye-rolling announcer on the television, the patrons were not regaled. necˈtareousness n. rare ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [noun] sweetnessc897 honey1340 sweetc1381 suavityc1450 dulcetness1528 dulcitude1605 honeyedness1611 sweetinga1626 nectareousness1847 saccharinity1868 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Nectareousness. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 23 Sept. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) vi. 426 I remembered the nectareousness of the new cider. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1656
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