ambrosiac
"ambrosiac" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ambrosiac” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ambrosiac · ambrosiac · English
ambrosiac · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ambrosiac |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ambrosiac” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ambrosiac is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ambrosiac in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Either from ambrosia + -ac or Latin ambrosiacus; compare French ambrosiaque. The correct English form is ambrosiac, spelled A-M-B-R-O-S-I-A-C.
Definition
- 1Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ambrosiac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I reliſh not theſe philoſophicall feaſts; / Giue me a banquet o’ ſenſe, like that of Ovid: / A forme, to take the eye; a voyce, mine eare; / Pure aromatiques, to my ſent; a ſoft, / Smooth, deinty hand, to touch; and, for my taſte, / Ambroſiack kiſſes, to melt downe the palat.
Etymology
Either from ambrosia + -ac or Latin ambrosiacus; compare French ambrosiaque.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.