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Plural
ambrosias
Ambrosia is the legendary food or drink of the Greek gods—so delicious and divine that it grants immortality; today, it’s used poetically to describe anything exquisitely delightful, especially to the senses (like a heavenly dessert or intoxicating scent). For example, biting into a perfectly ripe peach on a summer day might feel like tasting ambrosia.
In Greek myth, ambrosia was served at feasts on Mount Olympus to sustain the gods' eternal lives.
The chef's lavender-honey panna cotta was pure ambrosia—silky, fragrant, and unforgettable.
She inhaled the ambrosia of jasmine blossoms drifting through the open window.
His voice had an ambrosial quality that calmed everyone in the room instantly.
The dessert menu promised 'ambrosia cake,' and it lived up to its divine name with layers of coconut, pineapple, and whipped cream.
ambrotos
Comes from Ancient Greek 'ἀμβροτος' (ambrotos), meaning 'immortal' or 'not subject to death'. It is a compound of the alpha-privative prefix 'a-' (not) and 'broto-' (mortal, from 'brotos', meaning 'mortal human'). In Greek mythology, ambrosia was the food or drink of the gods that conferred immortality. Examples include ambrosia, ambrosial, immortal, amaranth (via shared semantic field of 'undying'). Core meaning: 'that which makes or signifies immortality'.