"ambrosial" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /amˈbɹəʊzɪəl/ [UK], /æmˈbɹoʊʒəl/ [US] Forms: more ambrosial [comparative], most ambrosial [superlative]
Etymology: Partly from ambrosia and partly from Latin ambrosius, + -al. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ambrosius}} Latin ambrosius, {{suffix|en||al}} + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} ambrosial (comparative more ambrosial, superlative most ambrosial)
  1. (Greek mythology) Pertaining to or worthy of the gods. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology
    Sense id: en-ambrosial-en-adj-ncPB0I32 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. Succulently sweet or fragrant; balmy, divine. Translations (succulently sweet or fragrant): ambrozyjski (Polish), ambrosíaco (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-ambrosial-en-adj-s2zHHMAR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'succulently sweet or fragrant': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ambrosiac, ambrosian Derived forms: ambrosially, unambrosial
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