ambrosia
pronunciation
How to pronounce ambrosia in British English:
UK [æmˈbrəʊziə]
How to pronounce ambrosia in American English:
US [æmˈbroʊziə]
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- Noun:
- a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
- any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
- fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
- (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
Word Origin
- ambrosia (n.)
- 1550s, "favored food or drink of the gods," from Latin ambrosia, from Greek ambrosia "food of the gods," fem. of ambrosios, probably literally "of the immortals," from a- "not" (see a- (3)) + mbrotos, related to mortos "mortal," from PIE *mer- "to die" (see mortal (adj.)). Applied to certain herbs by Pliny and Dioscorides; used of various foods for mortals since 1680s (originally of fruit drinks); used figuratively for "anything delightful" by 1731.
Example
- 1. And what was the ambrosia project exactly ?
- 2. I make a mean ambrosia . Whoa .
- 3. They spread over thee vestments , perfumed with ambrosia .
- 4. Ambrosia had pushed edgar and the girl in there with admonition to have some fun .
- 5. It is betting heavily on the industry 's new divine ambrosia : a fake sugar that is natural .