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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ambrosial \Am*bro"sial\, adjective [L. ambrosius, Gr. ?.]
1. Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious. ''Ambrosial food.'' ''Ambrosial fragrance.'' --Milton.
2. Divinely excellent or beautiful. ''Shakes his ambrosial curls.'' --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ambrosial
adjective
1: extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food" [syn: {ambrosian}, {nectarous}]
2: worthy of the gods [syn: {ambrosian}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "ambrosial": adorable, agreeable, aromatic, balmy, bittersweet, candied, dainty, darling, delectable, delicate, delicious, delightful, essenced, exquisite, flowery, fragrant, fruity, good, good to eat, good-tasting, gustable, gusty, heavenly, honeyed, honeysweet, incense-breathing, juicy, likable, luscious, lush, melliferous, mellifluent, mellifluous, musky, nectareous, nectarous, nice, odorate, odoriferous, odorous, of gourmet quality, palatable, perfumed, perfumy, pleasing, redolent, sacchariferous, sapid, savorous, savory, scented, scrumptious, sour-sweet, spicy, succulent, sugarcoated, sugared, sugarsweet, sugary, sweet, sweet and pungent, sweet and sour, sweet as sugar, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, sweetened, sweetish, syrupy, tasty, thuriferous, toothsome, yummy
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