disflavour
disflavour verb: british standard spelling of disflavor.
Verb
disflavour (third-person singular simple present disflavours, present participle disflavouring, simple past and past participle disflavoured)
- British standard spelling of disflavor.
- […] the wine, or wash, boiling over into the worm, or condenser, which fouls and disflavours the spirit. Perhaps there is not any, or all of these causes together, equal to the use of alkaline salts, an abuse destructive to the vinosity and the purity it was, no doubt, intended to correct.1805, Richard Shannon, A Practical Treatise on Brewing, Distilling, and Rectification: With the Modern Improvements in Fermentation ... Interspersed with Practical Observations on Each Kind of...
- Of these corporations it cannot be said they have no souls, stomachs all the world allows them to possess : the “amari aliquid” which disflavours this fountain of contentment is the non-individuality of such excellent landlords.1849, John James Robert Manners Duke of Rutland, Notes of an Irish Tour [in 1846]., page 135
Examples of disflavour in a sentence
- […] the many visits to a cosy next by more than one hen disturbs and disflavours the egg.1909, The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria, Victoria. Department of Agriculture:
- Jargon is more offensive and more insidious : whenever I see the word emotive in a review, I pass on to the next : it brings with it a whiff of the laboratory, disflavouring the entertainment.1937, Essays and Studies, volume 23, page 73:
- Delicately flavoured products and foodstuffs can on storage be treated with aerosol without any danger of contamination, staining and disflavouring.1945, Indian Journal of Applied Chemistry:
Forms of disflavour
| third-person singular present | disflavours |
|---|---|
| present participle | disflavouring |
| past participle | disflavoured |
| past | disflavoured |
Origin of disflavour
From dis- + flavour, compare discolour.
Questions about disflavour
- What does disflavour mean?
- Disflavour means british standard spelling of disflavor.
- How do you use disflavour in a sentence?
- […] the many visits to a cosy next by more than one hen disturbs and disflavours the egg.
- What part of speech is disflavour?
- Disflavour is a verb.
- What is the past tense of disflavour?
- The past tense of disflavour is disflavoured.
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