Meanings
comparative more ambrosiac · superlative most ambrosiac
- rareHaving the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
I reliſh not theſe philoſophicall feaſts; / Giue me a banquet o’ ſenſe, like that of Ovid: / A forme, to take the eye; a voyce, mine eare; / Pure aromatiques, to my ſent; a ſoft, / Smooth, deinty hand, to touch; and, for my taſte, / Ambroſiack kiſſes, to melt downe the palat.
1629 (first performance), B[en] Jonson, The New Inne. Or, The Light Heart. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorne, […], published 1631, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii, signature E3, verso
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinambrosiacus
- Englishambrosiac
Either from ambrosia + -ac or Latin ambrosiacus; compare French ambrosiaque.
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