Nearby Words
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To ambrosia
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Ambrosia
is always a great word to know.
So is golden age. Does it mean:
| the wife of Odysseus, who remained faithful to him during his long absence at Troy |
| the first and best of the four ages of humankind; an era of peace and innocence that finally yielded to the silver age |
Example Sentences
- At her request, one customer was served ambrosia without kiwi.
- Her stark collection was hip, inventive and handsome, a salubrious ambrosia for men's fashion.
- Alternately dry and sweet on the palate, this syrupy ambrosia brings to mind honey, apricots and marzipan.
Collins
World English Dictionary
| ambrosia (æmˈbrəʊzɪə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | classical myth Compare nectar the food of the gods, said to bestow immortality |
| 2. | anything particularly delightful to taste or smell |
| 3. | another name for beebread |
| 4. | any of various herbaceous plants constituting the genus Ambrosia, mostly native to America but widely naturalized: family Asteraceae (composites). The genus includes the ragweeds |
| [C16: via Latin from Greek: immortality, from ambrotos, from | |
| am'brosial | |
| —adj | |
| am'brosian | |
| —adj | |
| am'brosially | |
| —adv | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
ambrosia
1550s, "favored food or drink of the gods," from L. ambrosia, from Gk. fem. of ambrosios, lit. "of the immortals," from a- "not" + mbrotos, related to mortos "mortal." Applied to certain herbs by Pliny and Dioscorides; used of various foods for mortals since 1680s (originally of fruit drinks).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
ambrosia [(am-broh-zhuh)]The food of the gods in classical mythology. Those who ate it became immortal.
Note: Particularly delicious food is sometimes called “ambrosia.”
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.