ambrosial
/æmˈbɹoʊʒəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.61 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to or worthy of the gods.
adj
Succulently sweet or fragrant; balmy, divine.
Example Sentences
- "And whilst he slept she [Venus] over him would spred / Her mantle, colour’d like the starry skyes, / And her soft arme lay underneath his hed, / And with ambrosiall kisses bathe his eyes [...]"
- "Their life is long; they eat Ambrosial food, and with the Deathless frame The beauteous dance."
- "Thy Chamber vvith Ambroſiall odors breatheth, / Nevv loues and true loues vnto them that entreateth, / And furious Mars made milde his Faulcheon ſheatheth / At thy delicious aſpect: […]"
- "VVhile thus she spake, / She touched his eye-lashes with libant lip / And breath'd ambrosial odours; […]"
- "[T]his young hero, rising from his bed, proceeded to decorate his beautiful person, and shave his ambrosial chin […]"
- "By your cheek of vermil hue, / By your lip’s ambrosial dew, / By your soft and languid eye, / By your swelling bosom’s sigh, / You taught me love."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /æmˈbɹoʊʒəl/
- British English: /amˈbɹəʊzɪəl/
Inflected Forms
more ambrosial (comparative)
most ambrosial (superlative)