ambrosiacadj.

Brit.

/amˈbrəʊzɪak/,

/amˈbrəʊʒ(ɪ)ak/, U.S.

/æmˈbroʊʒ(i)ˌæk/

Forms: 1600s ambroseack, 1600s ambrosiack, 1600s ambrosiacke, 1600s ambrosiake, 1700s– ambrosiac.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: ambrosia n., -ac suffix; Latin ambrosiacus.

Etymology: Either (i) < ambrosia n. + -ac suffix, or (ii) < post-classical Latin ambrosiacus, former reading (e.g. in 16th-cent. editions, at Pliny Nat. Hist. 14. 40, as ambrosiaca , where modern editions read ambrosia e ‘ambrosia from’) < classical Latin ambrosia ambrosia n. + -acus -ac suffix. Compare earlier ambrosial adj., ambrosian adj.¹

Now rare.

= ambrosial adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [adjective] > food of the gods

ambrosiac1601

ambrosiate1602

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. iii. sig. C Heere is most Ambrosiack water.

1657 A. Cokayne Obstinate Lady iii. ii. 34 Henceforth thy dugs..with Ambrosiack Cream shall swell.

1821 J. C. M'Call Troubadour 13 Th' ambrosiac honey of her lover's lips.

2007 J. F. Dobbyn Neon Dragon i. 1 The first thing that touches your tongue is a golden sip of..ambrosiac coffee.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambrosiac
释义	ambrosiacadj. Brit. /amˈbrəʊzɪak/, /amˈbrəʊʒ(ɪ)ak/, U.S. /æmˈbroʊʒ(i)ˌæk/ Forms: 1600s ambroseack, 1600s ambrosiack, 1600s ambrosiacke, 1600s ambrosiake, 1700s– ambrosiac. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: ambrosia n., -ac suffix; Latin ambrosiacus. Etymology: Either (i) < ambrosia n. + -ac suffix, or (ii) < post-classical Latin ambrosiacus, former reading (e.g. in 16th-cent. editions, at Pliny Nat. Hist. 14. 40, as ambrosiaca , where modern editions read ambrosia e ‘ambrosia from’) < classical Latin ambrosia ambrosia n. + -acus -ac suffix. Compare earlier ambrosial adj., ambrosian adj.¹ Now rare. = ambrosial adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [adjective] > food of the gods ambrosiac1601 ambrosiate1602 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. iii. sig. C Heere is most Ambrosiack water. View more context for this quotation 1657 A. Cokayne Obstinate Lady iii. ii. 34 Henceforth thy dugs..with Ambrosiack Cream shall swell. 1821 J. C. M'Call Troubadour 13 Th' ambrosiac honey of her lover's lips. 2007 J. F. Dobbyn Neon Dragon i. 1 The first thing that touches your tongue is a golden sip of..ambrosiac coffee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1601
随便看	from a child or children from a distance from a number of years to the same number of years from a number of years to years from a to b from a to z from a until z from above from above-stairs from abovestairs from abroad from afar from after from all fours from all sides from among from and back from another number won't go from any coast from away from bad to worse from before from below stairs from bench to bedside from beyond