nectarious

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nectarious (comparative more nectarious, superlative most nectarious)

  1. Alternative form of nectarous.
    • 1801, Fisher's Cheerful Companion to Promote Laughter:
      A poor old villager, who went in the country by the appellation of Robin, that had always earned his bread by the sweat of his brow, and to whom a morsel of fat bacon was a princely meal, had heard so much said in commendation of delicious fare, as partridges, pheasants, ortolans, and such like ; and those nectarious liquors Burgundy and Champagne, that he longed so ardently for such a regale, as to think he could be very well contented to die, provided he might first be permitted to satisfy his longing.
    • 1834, The Horticultural register - Volume 3, page 372:
      In these we may presume, however, that they abound in nectarious juice since we observe that insects are particularly fond of these tribes.
    • 2005, Dr. Rajbali Pandey, AtharvaVeda, →ISBN, page 98:
      May the wind in space prove pleasant for you and water nectarious.

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