nectar
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Definition of nectar
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The drink of the gods.
“They pourd in soveraine balme and Nectar good, / Good both for erthly med'cine and for hevenly food.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The drink of the gods.
“They pourd in soveraine balme and Nectar good, / Good both for erthly med'cine and for hevenly food.”
- (broadly, countable, uncountable)Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
- (countable, uncountable)The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.
verb
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(intransitive)To feed on nectar.
“Nectaring is one of butterflies' favourite activities.”
“On the lane below, more orangetips nectared on spring beauties and violets.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”) + *-tr̥h₂ (“overcoming”), from *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through, cross over”).
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