ambrosiac
English
Etymology
Either from ambrosia + -ac or Latin ambrosiacus;[1] compare French ambrosiaque.
Adjective
ambrosiac (comparative more ambrosiac, superlative most ambrosiac)
- (rare) Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
- 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
- ^ “ambrosiac, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “ambrosiac”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.