ambrosia, nectar
(noun) (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
nectar
(noun) fruit juice especially when undiluted
nectar
(noun) a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nectar (countable and uncountable, plural nectars)
(chiefly mythology) The drink of the gods. [from 16th c.]
(by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice. [from 16th c.]
(botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. [from 17th c.]
nectar (third-person singular simple present nectars, present participle nectaring, simple past and past participle nectared)
(intransitive) To feed on nectar.
• Canter, Cretan, canter, carnet, centra, creant, recant, tanrec, trance
Source: Wiktionary
Nec"tar, n. Etym: [L., fr. gr.
1. (Myth. & Poetic)
Definition: The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
