Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very small amount; a trace.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A suspicion; hence, a very small quantity; a taste: as, water with a soupçon of brandy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A suspicion; a suggestion; hence, a very small portion; a taste.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A very small amount; a hint; a trace.
- noun dated A
suspicion ; asuggestion .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a slight but appreciable amount
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from Old French sospeçon, suspicion, from Latin suspectiō, suspectiōn-, fear, from suspectus, past participle of suspicere, to suspect; see suspect.]
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From French soupçon
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ecbrenner commented on the word soupçon
a trace, a little bit
June 6, 2009
milosrdenstvi commented on the word soupçon
Could someone pronounce this? I've been wondering my whole life how to pronounce this.
December 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word soupçon
soMEone did, 'vi, just a little one.
December 12, 2009
milosrdenstvi commented on the word soupçon
Thanks!
December 12, 2009