flavorous

American  

[fley-ver-uhs] / ˈfleɪ vər əs /

adjective

1. full of flavor.

2. pleasant to the taste or smell.

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flavorous British  

/ ˈfleɪvərəs /

adjective

1. having flavour; tasty

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Other Word Forms

• unflavorous adjective

Etymology

Origin of flavorous

First recorded in 1690–1700; flavor + -ous

Example Sentences

It cannot be written but by a scholar and a gentleman; and no English gentleman in recent times has ever thought of birds except as flying targets, or flavorous dishes.

From Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds by Ruskin, John

Each winter a cask was sent him from a special vineyard on the heights of Corinth, and occasioned something like a general rejoicing in Cambridge, so widely were its flavorous contents distributed.

From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman

The book is fresh and flavorous in tone, and speaks to the fancy of children.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 by Various

Never were there such toothsome red radishes as are grown here in the north, large, firm, and flavorous.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

I view the waters quivering; quaff the breeze, Whose briny raciness keeps an under taste Of flavorous tropic sweets, perchance swept home From Cuba's perfumed groves and garden spiceries.

From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Woolson, Constance Fenimore