flavorous
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- unflavorous adjective
Etymology
Origin of flavorous
Example Sentences
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It was a narrow, ill-lighted, unventilated apartment, bitter with the after-taste of taxes, prophetically flavorous of taxes yet to be.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 by Various
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
They were not particularly flavorous oysters as we know oysters on this side of the ocean.
From Europe Revised by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
Such flavorous gruels and porridges as she concocted! such tisanes after her guest's instructions! such dainty soups, and sweetbreads, and cutlets, served with such neatness!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 by Various
The queen, assiduous to her train assigns The sumptuous viands, and the flavorous wines.
From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander
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