word | ambrosia |
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definition | (1) The food of the Greek and Roman gods. (2) Something extremely pleasant to taste or smell. |
eg_sentence | After two days lost in the woods, the simple stew tasted like ambrosia to them. |
explanation | Ambrosia literally means “immortality” in Greek, and in Greek and Roman mythology only the immortals—the gods and goddesses—could eat ambrosia or drink nectar. Both may have been divine forms of honey. The gods also used nectar and ambrosia like oils for ceremonial anointing, and a mixture of water, oil, and fruits called ambrosia came to be used in human ceremonies as well. Since we can't know what the mythical ambrosia tasted or smelled like, we mere mortals are free to give the name to our favorite ambrosial dessert—perhaps one involving oranges, coconut, and heavy cream |
IPA | æmˈbroʊʒə |
Tags: mwvb::unit:23, mwvb::unit:23:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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