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sapour

sapour is the alternative spelling of sapor.

Meaning of sapor

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 sapour

pluralsapours

Questions about sapour

What is sapour the alternative spelling of?
Sapour is the alternative spelling of sapor.

Words near sapour in the dictionary

  1. sapotilhas
  2. sapotilla
  3. sapotillas
  4. sapotoxin
  5. sapotoxins
  6. sapour
  7. sapourous
  8. sapours
  9. sapovirus
  10. sapoviruses
  11. Sapoya

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