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flavorous

American  
[fley-ver-uhs] / ˈfleɪ vər əs /

adjective

  1. full of flavor.

  2. pleasant to the taste or smell.


flavorous British  
/ ˈfleɪvərəs /

adjective

  1. having flavour; tasty

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of flavorous

First recorded in 1690–1700; flavor + -ous

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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

The more meaty and flavorous the persimmons, the richer will be the beer.

From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by McCulloch-Williams, Martha

To this kind of stuff the addition of a small amount of some flavorous material is very useful.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir

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

Weather permitting, it made—it still makes—the finest and most flavorous dried fruit ever eaten.

From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by McCulloch-Williams, Martha

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