Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Perceptible to the sense of taste; having flavor.
- adjective Having a strong pleasant flavor; savory.
- adjective Pleasing to the mind; engaging.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the power of affecting the organs of taste; possessing savor or relish; tasteful; savory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the power of affecting the organs of taste; possessing savor, or flavor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
tasty ,flavoursome orsavoury
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective full of flavor
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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(The day after reading "sapid" in Mr. Schur's book, I reached for my dictionary to find another word, and it opened to the page topped by "sapid."
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(The day after reading "sapid" in Mr. Schur's book, I reached for my dictionary to find another word, and it opened to the page topped by "sapid."
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Then you think of an afternoon siesta after the sapid.
Haryali Aur Malai Kofta Anjali 2009
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Then you think of an afternoon siesta after the sapid.
Archive 2009-01-01 Anjali 2009
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“Their form as Shadow, accompanied by no intervening body nor by any sun, and uniquely comprehensible as a mode of dementia, cautious and sapid …” pinguitude.
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“The ailing Throne resists with all the power of senescence.” sapid.
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Again, it is proved that sweetness is not really in the sapid thing, because the thing remaining unaltered the sweetness is changed into bitter, as in case of a fever or otherwise vitiated palate.
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, by George Berkeley 2006
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I dream about noshing on the savory small flavorful bites of this miniature piece of art carefully wrapped in the chewy sapid seaweed, then dipped sparingly in the soy sauce and wasabi mixture and finished off with a pungent sliver of fresh ginger to cleanse my palate for the next mouthwatering morsel of sushi goodness.
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In a word, nothing is sapid but what is already or nearly dissolved.
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If asked how a sapid body acts, we reply that it acts when it is reduced to such a state of dissolution that it enters the cavities made to receive it.
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