nectarious

nectarious (comparative more nectarious, superlative most nectarious)

1. Alternative form of nectarous
   • 1801, Fisher's Cheerful Companion to Promote Laughter:

     A poor old villager, who went in the country by the appellation of Robin, that had always earned his bread by the sweat of his brow, and to whom a morsel of fat bacon was a princely meal, had heard so much said in commendation of delicious fare, as partridges, pheasants, ortolans, and such like ; and those nectarious liquors Burgundy and Champagne, that he longed so ardently for such a regale, as to think he could be very well contented to die, provided he might first be permitted to satisfy his longing.

   • 1834, The Horticultural register - Volume 3, page 372:

     In these we may presume, however, that they abound in nectarious juice since we observe that insects are particularly fond of these tribes.

   • 2005, Dr. Rajbali Pandey, AtharvaVeda, →ISBN, page 98:

     May the wind in space prove pleasant for you and water nectarious.

• cautioners, noctuaries, reauctions, recusation