nectarous
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nectarous (comparative more nectarous, superlative most nectarous)
- Pertaining to or resembling nectar; sweet. [from 17th c.]
- 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 204:
- Sylphs! if at noon the Fritillary droops, / With drops nectarous hang her nodding cups […] .
- 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- Then did you, chivalrous Terence, hand forth, as to the manner born, that nectarous beverage.