nectarous
adjEtymology From nectar + -ous.
1
Pertaining to or resembling nectar; sweet.
- Sylphs! if at noon the Fritillary droops, / With drops nectarous hang her nodding cups […].1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 204:
- Then did you, chivalrous Terence, hand forth, as to the manner born, that nectarous beverage.1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- Related terms
- nectareous