Meaning and Origin
What does the name Ambrosia mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Ambrosia
User Submitted Origins
Greek
75%
English
17%
Hindi
8%
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from California, U.S., the name Ambrosia means "Food, wine or perfume of the Gods. Honey or nectar. Immortality".
- A user from West Virginia, U.S. says the name Ambrosia is of Greek origin and means "Food or nectar of the gods. Granted those who consumed it immortality".
- A user from Tennessee, U.S. says the name Ambrosia means "Food of the gods or Immortality".
- A submission from Florida, U.S. says the name Ambrosia means "Immortality" and is of Greek origin.
- A submission from Pennsylvania, U.S. says the name Ambrosia means "Immortal".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Am*bro"sia
Senses
- [Myth]
- The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.
- An unguent of the gods.
"His dewy locks distilled ambrosia." [Milton.]
- The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.
- A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.
- Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed hogweed, etc.
- [Zoöl] The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidæ believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows.
- A dessert made from shredded coconuts and oranges, sometimes including other ingredients such as marshmallow.
Etymology: L. ambrosia, Gr. �, properly fem. of �, fr. � immortal, divine; 'a priv. + � mortal (because it was supposed to confer immortality on those who partook of it). � stands for �, akin to Skr. mrita, L. mortuus, dead, and to E. mortal
Other Dictionary Sources
- (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
- Fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
- Any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
- A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
Wiktionary
From Latin ambrosia (“food of the gods”), from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “immortality”), from ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos, “immortal”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βροτός (brotós, “mortal”).
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
- Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
- An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys.
- A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
- A dessert made from shredded coconuts and oranges, sometimes including other ingredients such as marshmallow.
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