Wednesday 3rd August 2016
Ambrosial \ [am-broh-zhuh l]
Adjective
1. exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant.
2. worthy of the gods; divine.
Quote
In those far lands I reveled in the ambrosial food that fructifies the soul, the mind,
the heart.
Mark Twain, "The Canvasser's Tale," The Atlantic Monthly Volume XXXVIII, 1876
Origin
Ambrosial is the adjectival form of ambrosia, the food of the gods in classical
mythology. It can be traced to the Greek brotōs meaning "mortal."
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