Agency Dictionary
Ambrosia
noun
In Portuguese: Ambrosia
Spirituality & MythWhat does “Ambrosia” mean?
The mythical food or drink of the ancient Greek Olympian gods, believed to confer longevity and immortality. Metaphorically, it describes any dish, beverage, or experience of exquisite flavor and pleasure.
Etymology
From Latin ambrosia, from Greek ambrosia, the food of the gods, the feminine of ambrosios, "belonging to the immortals", from ambrotos, "immortal", formed from a- ("not") and brotos ("mortal"). The word is cognate with Sanskrit amrita, the drink of immortality. English took it from Latin in the 16th century, and the sense of anything delicious to taste or smell followed.
Usage note
In American English ambrosia is also the name of a dessert of fruit, usually oranges, with coconut.
Synonyms
- nectar
- delicacy
Often confused with
- nectar
- In Greek myth nectar is usually the drink of the gods and ambrosia their food, although ancient authors sometimes reverse the two.
Word family
- ambrosial
- ambrosian
Usage examples
Then I grasped Zeus eating ambrosia, and I had to go ask him
Design.3 - The Disciplines of Design Then I grasped Zeus eating ambrosia, and I had to go ask him: “Wait a minute, Zeus?
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