ambrosiac

English

Etymology

Either from ambrosia +‎ -ac or Latin ambrosiacus;[1] compare French ambrosiaque.

Adjective

ambrosiac (comparative more ambrosiac, superlative most ambrosiac)

  1. (rare) Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
    Synonyms: ambrosial, ambrosian
    • 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:
      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.

References

  1. ^ ambrosiac, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.