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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin nectareus (“of nectar; sweet”), from Ancient Greek νεκτάρεος (nektáreos, “sweet as nectar, fragrant”), from νέκταρ (néktar, “nectar”).
Adjective
nectareous (comparative more nectareous, superlative most nectareous)
- Pertaining to nectar; nectarous.
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: […]
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