nectareous

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nectareus (“of nectar; sweet”), from Ancient Greek νεκτάρεος (nektáreos, “sweet as nectar, fragrant”), from νέκταρ (néktar, “nectar”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /nɛkˈtɛɹi.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs

Adjective

nectareous (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to nectar; nectarous. [from 17th c.]
   • 1725, Homer, “Book XIV”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC, page 238, lines 91–94:

     [O]n the board diſplay'd / The ready meal before Ulyſſes lay'd. / (VVith flour imbrovvn'd) next mingled vvine yet nevv, / And luſcious as the Bee's nectareous devv: […]

Derived terms

• nectareously

Anagrams

• countersea, raconteuse