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sapor

sapor noun: a type of taste (sweetness, sourness etc.); loosely, taste, flavor.

Noun

sapor (countable and uncountable, plural sapors)

  1. (archaic) A type of taste (sweetness, sourness etc.); loosely, taste, flavor.
    • But, though the ſavour bee ſo baſe, the ſapor is ſo excellent, that no meat, no ſauce, no veſſell pleaſes the Guzurats pallat, ſave what reliſhes of it.1638, Tho[mas] Herbert, Some Yeares Travels Into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique. […], 2nd edition, London: […] R[ichard] Bi[sho]p for Iacob Blome and Richard Bishop, →OCLC, book II, page 125

Forms of sapor

pluralsapors
alternative formsapour

Origin of sapor

From Middle English sapour, sapoure, from Latin sapor. Doublet of savour /savor.

Questions about sapor

What does sapor mean?
Sapor means a type of taste (sweetness, sourness etc.); loosely, taste, flavor.
What part of speech is sapor?
Sapor is a noun.
What is the plural of sapor?
The plural of sapor is sapors.

Words near sapor in the dictionary

  1. saponosides
  2. Sapons
  3. saponule
  4. saponules
  5. sapophoric
  6. sapor
  7. saporific
  8. saporin
  9. Saporito
  10. Saporitos
  11. Saporogue

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