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sapid - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective adjective adjective
from The Century Dictionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective tasty , flavoursome or savoury
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin sapidus , from sapere , to taste; see sep- in Indo-European roots.]
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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."
AugustaChronicle.com: Top News and Blogs 2008
(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."
AugustaChronicle.com: Top News and Blogs 2008
Then you think of an afternoon siesta after the sapid .
Haryali Aur Malai Kofta Anjali 2009
Then you think of an afternoon siesta after the sapid .
Archive 2009-01-01 Anjali 2009
“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.
Continuing to Improve My Vocabulary « So Many Books 2005
“The ailing Throne resists with all the power of senescence.” sapid .
Continuing to Improve My Vocabulary « So Many Books 2005
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
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.
Edibles*: Sushi in Seattle | Seattle Metblogs 2005
In a word, nothing is sapid but what is already or nearly dissolved.
The physiology of taste; or Transcendental gastronomy. Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson. 2004
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.
The physiology of taste; or Transcendental gastronomy. Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson. 2004
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