Wednesday, 3 August 2016

Ambrosial

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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