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

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.

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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.

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

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

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

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