nectarean

English

Adjective

nectarean (comparative more nectarean, superlative most nectarean)

1. (poetic, rare) Of or pertaining to nectar; nectareous; sweet.
   • 1695, Richard Blackmore, “Book I”, in Prince Arthur. An Heroick Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Awnsham and John Churchil […], →OCLC, page 13:

     He opens all the Magazins above, / Of boundleſs Goodneſs and Eternal Love, / From theſe rich Stores of Heav'n, theſe ſacred Springs / Of everlaſting Joy and Peace, he brings / Ambroſial Food, and rich Nectarean Wine, / Which chear pure Souls, and nouriſh Life Divine.

Related terms

• nectar
• nectareal
• nectarell
• nectareous
• nectarian
• nectarine
• nectarious
• nectarous

 

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “nectarean”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.