nectareous

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UK/nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əs/US/nɛkˈtɛɹi.əs/

adjective

Pertaining to nectar; nectarous.

OriginLatin nectareus ← Ancient Greek νεκτάρεος →
First used 17th c.Scrabble 12
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Meanings

adjectivenectareous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to nectar; nectarous.First known use 17th c.

    [O]n the board diſplay'd / The ready meal before Ulyſſes lay'd. / (VVith flour imbrovvn'd) next mingled vvine yet nevv, / And luſcious as the Bee's nectareous devv: […]

    1725, Homer, “Book XIV”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC, page 238, lines 91–94

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekνεκτάρεος“sweet as nectar, fragrant”
  2. Latinnectareus“of nectar; sweet”
  3. Englishnectareous

Learned borrowing from Latin nectareus (“of nectar; sweet”), from Ancient Greek νεκτάρεος (nektáreos, “sweet as nectar, fragrant”), from νέκταρ (néktar, “nectar”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nectareous

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Anagrams

countersearaconteuse
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APA

nectareous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nectareous

MLA

“nectareous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nectareous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nectareous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nectareous.

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