flavorous
Americanadjective
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Origin of flavorous
Example Sentences
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The dry stuffing takes up the juices of the fowl, and is much more flavorous, and less pasty than that which is wet before use.
From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by Martha McCulloch-Williams
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
The queen, assiduous to her train assigns The sumptuous viands, and the flavorous wines.
From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope
Who made the splendid rose Saturate with purple glows; Cupped to the marge with beauty; a perfume-press Whence the wind vintages Gushes of warm-ed fragrance richer far Than all the flavorous ooze of Cyprus' vats?
From New Poems by Francis Thompson
They were not particularly flavorous oysters as we know oysters on this side of the ocean.
From Europe Revised by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
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