Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Of or pertaining to nectar; nectareous; sweet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to nectar; resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant.
Etymologies
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Examples
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She will adventure all her estate for such a night, for a nectarean, a balsam kiss alone.
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Juice, bee buried in its own, 168. divine nectareous, 344. nectarean, 577.
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The Brazilian sun flashed through the strong wicker prisons, bursting with bananas and nectarean fruits that eschew the temperate zone.
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See how these young idlers drink in the nectarean stream.
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'This nectarean draught,' he continued, 'I even consider to possess purifying and exalting qualities.
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And slyly smiling, just began to sip The pure nectarean dew;
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The nectarean beverage seemed to operate cheerily on the matron's system; and placing her hand on the boy's curly head, she said (like
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The nectarean beverage seemed to operate cheerily on the matron's system; and placing her hand on the boy's curly head, she said (like Andromache,
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